Firefox Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-34483

An attacker who could have convinced a user to drag and drop an image to a filesystem could have manipulated the resulting filename to contain an executable extension, and by extension potentially tricked the user into executing malicious code. While very similar, this is a separate issue from...

CVE-2022-34480

Within the lg_init() function, if several allocations succeed but then one fails, an uninitialized pointer would have been freed despite never being allocated. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-34474

Even when an iframe was sandboxed with allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation, if it received a redirect header to an external protocol the browser would process the redirect and prompt the user as appropriate. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-34478

The ms-msdt, search, and search-ms protocols deliver content to Microsoft applications, bypassing the browser, when a user accepts a prompt. These applications have had known vulnerabilities, exploited in the wild (although we know of none exploited through Thunderbird), so in this release...

CVE-2022-34476

ASN.1 parsing of an indefinite SEQUENCE inside an indefinite GROUP could have resulted in the parser accepting malformed ASN.1. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-34475

SVG <use> tags that referenced a same-origin document could have resulted in script execution if attacker input was sanitized via the HTML Sanitizer API. This would have required the attacker to reference a same-origin JavaScript file containing the script to be executed. This vulnerability.....

CVE-2022-34477

The MediaError message property should be consistent to avoid leaking information about cross-origin resources; however for a same-site cross-origin resource, the message could have leaked information enabling XS-Leaks attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-34469

When a TLS Certificate error occurs on a domain protected by the HSTS header, the browser should not allow the user to bypass the certificate error. On Firefox for Android, the user was presented with the option to bypass the error; this could only have been done by the user explicitly. This bug...

CVE-2022-34471

When downloading an update for an addon, the downloaded addon update's version was not verified to match the version selected from the manifest. If the manifest had been tampered with on the server, an attacker could trick the browser into downgrading the addon to a prior version. This...

CVE-2022-34472

If there was a PAC URL set and the server that hosts the PAC was not reachable, OCSP requests would have been blocked, resulting in incorrect error pages being shown. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird <...

CVE-2022-34473

The HTML Sanitizer should have sanitized the href attribute of SVG <use> tags; however it incorrectly did not sanitize xlink:href attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-34470

Session history navigations may have led to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird <...

CVE-2022-34468

An iframe that was not permitted to run scripts could do so if the user clicked on a javascript: link. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird <...

CVE-2022-31747

Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight, Nicolas B. Pierron, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to...

CVE-2022-31748

Mozilla developers Gabriele Svelto, Timothy Nikkel, Randell Jesup, Jon Coppeard, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 100. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited...

CVE-2022-31746

Internal URLs are protected by a secret UUID key, which could have been leaked to web page through the Referrer header. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS <...

CVE-2022-31743

Firefox's HTML parser did not correctly interpret HTML comment tags, resulting in an incongruity with other browsers. This could have been used to escape HTML comments on pages that put user-controlled data in them. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-31745

If array shift operations are not used, the Garbage Collector may have become confused about valid objects. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-31742

An attacker could have exploited a timing attack by sending a large number of allowCredential entries and detecting the difference between invalid key handles and cross-origin key handles. This could have led to cross-origin account linking in violation of WebAuthn goals. This vulnerability...

CVE-2022-31741

A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-31744

An attacker could have injected CSS into stylesheets accessible via internal URIs, such as resource:, and in doing so bypass a page's Content Security Policy. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, Thunderbird < 91.11, and Firefox <...

CVE-2022-31738

When exiting fullscreen mode, an iframe could have confused the browser about the current state of fullscreen, resulting in potential user confusion or spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-31740

On arm64, WASM code could have resulted in incorrect assembly generation leading to a register allocation problem, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-31739

When downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could have lead to a download incorrectly being saved to attacker-influenced paths that used variables such as %HOMEPATH% or %APPDATA%.This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This.....

CVE-2022-31737

A malicious webpage could have caused an out-of-bounds write in WebGL, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-29918

Mozilla developers Gabriele Svelto, Randell Jesup and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 99. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This...

CVE-2022-31736

A malicious website could have learned the size of a cross-origin resource that supported Range requests. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-2200

If an object prototype was corrupted by an attacker, they would have been able to set undesired attributes on a JavaScript object, leading to privileged code execution. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird <...

CVE-2022-2505

Mozilla developers and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 102. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR &l...

CVE-2022-29916

Firefox behaved slightly differently for already known resources when loading CSS resources involving CSS variables. This could have been used to probe the browser history. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox <...

CVE-2022-29915

The Performance API did not properly hide the fact whether a request cross-origin resource has observed redirects. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-29917

Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, Tom Ritter and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 99 and Firefox ESR 91.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been...

CVE-2022-29912

Requests initiated through reader mode did not properly omit cookies with a SameSite attribute. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox <...

CVE-2022-29914

When reusing existing popups Firefox would have allowed them to cover the fullscreen notification UI, which could have enabled browser spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox <...

CVE-2022-28289

Mozilla developers and community members Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 91.7. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have...

CVE-2022-29909

Documents in deeply-nested cross-origin browsing contexts could have obtained permissions granted to the top-level origin, bypassing the existing prompt and wrongfully inheriting the top-level permissions. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox <...

CVE-2022-29911

An improper implementation of the new iframe sandbox keyword allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation could lead to script execution without allow-scripts being present. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox <...

CVE-2022-29910

When closed or sent to the background, Firefox for Android would not properly record and persist HSTS settings.Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-28285

When generating the assembly code for MLoadTypedArrayElementHole, an incorrect AliasSet was used. In conjunction with another vulnerability this could have been used for an out of bounds memory read. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-28284

SVG's <use> element could have been used to load unexpected content that could have executed script in certain circumstances. While the specification seems to allow this, other browsers do not, and web developers relied on this property for script security so gecko's implementation was aligne...

CVE-2022-28288

Mozilla developers and community members Randell Jesup, Sebastian Hengst, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 98. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run...

CVE-2022-28286

Due to a layout change, iframe contents could have been rendered outside of its border. This could have led to user confusion or spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR <...

CVE-2022-28287

In unusual circumstances, selecting text could cause text selection caching to behave incorrectly, leading to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-28282

By using a link with rel="localization" a use-after-free could have been triggered by destroying an object during JavaScript execution and then referencing the object through a freed pointer, leading to a potential exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99...

CVE-2022-28281

If a compromised content process sent an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process, an out of bounds write would have occurred leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < ...

CVE-2022-28283

The sourceMapURL feature in devtools was missing security checks that would have allowed a webpage to attempt to include local files or other files that should have been inaccessible. This vulnerability affects Firefox <...

CVE-2022-26386

Previously Firefox for macOS and Linux would download temporary files to a user-specific directory in /tmp, but this behavior was changed to download them to /tmp where they could be affected by other local users. This behavior was reverted to the original, user-specific directory. This bug only...

CVE-2022-26485

Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have lead to an exploitable use-after-free. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2, and Focus &...

CVE-2022-26387

When installing an add-on, Firefox verified the signature before prompting the user; but while the user was confirming the prompt, the underlying add-on file could have been modified and Firefox would not have noticed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 98, Firefox ESR < 91.7, and Thunderbi...

CVE-2022-26486

An unexpected message in the WebGPU IPC framework could lead to a use-after-free and exploitable sandbox escape. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 9...