CVE-2022-22758

high

Description

When clicking on a tel: link, USSD codes, specified after a <code>\*</code> character, would be included in the phone number. On certain phones, or on certain carriers, if the number was dialed this could perform actions on a user's account, similar to a cross-site request forgery attack.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

References

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

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728742

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-22

Updated: 2022-12-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High