Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2022-22757
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity insufficient verification of data authenticity in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers. This could have allowed websites to connect back locally to the user's browser to control it. <br>*This bug only affected Firefox when WebDriver was enabled, which is not the default configuration.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | firefox | 97.0+build2-0ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22757 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-345 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N