Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2021-55, MFSA2022-03) - Windows
🗓️ 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
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| mozilla | www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/ |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.819951");
script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-22746", "CVE-2022-22743", "CVE-2022-22742", "CVE-2022-22741",
"CVE-2022-22740", "CVE-2022-22738", "CVE-2022-22737", "CVE-2021-4140",
"CVE-2022-22750", "CVE-2022-22752", "CVE-2022-22748", "CVE-2022-22745",
"CVE-2022-22744", "CVE-2022-22747", "CVE-2022-22736", "CVE-2022-22739",
"CVE-2022-22751");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-01-03 20:03:00 +0000 (Tue, 03 Jan 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-01-14 15:22:43 +0530 (Fri, 14 Jan 2022)");
script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2021-55, MFSA2022-03) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox ESR is prone to multiple
vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to,
- Calling into reportValidity could have lead to fullscreen window spoof.
- Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode.
- Out-of-bounds memory access when inserting text in edit mode.
- Use-after-free of ChannelEventQueue::mOwner.
- Heap-buffer-overflow in blendGaussianBlur.
- Race condition when playing audio files.
- Iframe sandbox bypass with XSLT.
- IPC passing of resource handles could have lead to sandbox bypass.
- Spoofed origin on external protocol launch dialog.
- Leaking cross-origin URLs through securitypolicyviolation event.
- The 'Copy as curl' feature in DevTools did not fully escape
website-controlled data, potentially leading to command injection.
- Crash when handling empty pkcs7 sequence.
- Potential local privilege escalation when loading modules from the install directory.
- Missing throttling on external protocol launch dialog.
- Memory safety bugs.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to conduct spoofing, denail of service, execute arbitrary commands
and disclose sensitive information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version before
96 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 96
or later, Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE) ) exit( 0 );
ffVer = infos["version"];
ffPath = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:ffVer, test_version:"96"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ffVer, fixed_version:"96", install_path:ffPath);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.19.8 - 10
EPSS0.01344
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