CVE-2022-26386

Summary

CVECVE-2022-26386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-23 13:53:00 UTC
DescriptionPreviously Firefox for macOS and Linux would download temporary files to a user-specific directory in <code>/tmp</code>, but this behavior was changed to download them to <code>/tmp</code> where they could be affected by other local users. This behavior was reverted to the original, user-specific directory. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox for macOS and Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.7 and Thunderbird < 91.7.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - 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 91.7 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.7 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
1752396 - (CVE-2022-26386) Temporary file creation moved from /tmp/mozilla_${USER}0 to /tmp. Potential security risk MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159696 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-0824)
  • 159697 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-0818)
  • 159705 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-0845)
  • 159706 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-0850)
  • 179116 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DSA 5097-1)
  • 179121 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DLA 2942-1)
  • 179150 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 5106-1)
  • 179152 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 2961-1)
  • 183513 Debian Security Update for firefox-esrthunderbird (CVE-2022-26386)
  • 198711 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5345-1)
  • 240124 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0817)
  • 240132 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0824)
  • 240133 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0818)
  • 240136 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:0816)
  • 240141 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0853)
  • 240142 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0845)
  • 240143 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0843)
  • 240145 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0850)
  • 240433 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:0847)
  • 257161 CentOS Security Update for firefox (CESA-2022:0824)
  • 257164 CentOS Security Update for thunderbird (CESA-2022:0850)
  • 296057 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 44.113.4 Missing (bulletinapr2022)
  • 353262 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird : ALAS2-2022-1779
  • 376457 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-11)
  • 376462 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-12)
  • 502075 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 502387 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 504818 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 505454 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 710582 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-08)
  • 710585 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14)
  • 751863 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0819-1)
  • 751868 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0822-1)
  • 751869 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0821-1)
  • 751876 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2022:0821-1)
  • 751915 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2022:0906-1)
  • 753085 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (SUSE-SU-2022:0906-1)
  • 753414 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:14906-1)
  • 940460 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2022:0818)
  • 940465 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2022:0845)
  • 960832 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2022:0845)
  • 960834 Rocky Linux Security Update for firefox (RLSA-2022:0818)
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