CVE-2022-22754

Summary

CVECVE-2022-22754
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-29 23:06:00 UTC
DescriptionIf 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 91.6 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
1750565 - (CVE-2022-22754) Extension permission prompts skipped via dictionary MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.6 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 97 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159631 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-0510)
  • 159632 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-0514)
  • 159633 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-0535)
  • 159634 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-0538)
  • 179060 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DSA 5069-1)
  • 179061 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DLA 2916-1)
  • 179071 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 5074-1)
  • 179073 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 2921-1)
  • 181986 Debian Security Update for firefox-esrthunderbird (CVE-2022-22754)
  • 198663 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-5284-1)
  • 198711 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5345-1)
  • 240077 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0514)
  • 240079 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0511)
  • 240080 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0512)
  • 240081 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0510)
  • 240082 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0536)
  • 240083 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0535)
  • 240084 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0538)
  • 240085 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0537)
  • 240423 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0539)
  • 240427 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0513)
  • 257153 CentOS Security Update for thunderbird (CESA-2022:0538)
  • 257154 CentOS Security Update for firefox (CESA-2022:0514)
  • 296062 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 43.113.3 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 353193 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird : ALAS2-2022-1763
  • 353982 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird : ALAS2-2022-1818
  • 376387 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-04)
  • 376388 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-05)
  • 376402 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-06)
  • 502073 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 502385 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 502688 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 505452 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 710574 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202202-03)
  • 710585 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14)
  • 751758 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2022:0559-1)
  • 751761 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0565-1)
  • 751777 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0676-1)
  • 751786 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0696-1)
  • 751827 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2022:40696-1)
  • 753305 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:14896-1)
  • 940453 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2022:0510)
  • 940454 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2022:0535)
  • 960811 Rocky Linux Security Update for firefox (RLSA-2022:0510)
  • 960872 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2022:0535)
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