CVE-2022-22754

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium