CVE-2022-22754

2022-12-2200:00:00

mozilla

www.cve.org

extension

auto-update

bypass

firefox

thunderbird

vulnerability

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

41.4%

JSON

If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "product": "Firefox",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "97",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "product": "Thunderbird",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "91.6",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "product": "Firefox ESR",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "91.6",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]