Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2022-34469
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity improper certificate validation in Firefox from Mozilla. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
When a TLS Certificate error occurs on a domain protected by the HSTS header, the browser should not allow the user to bypass the certificate error. On Firefox for Android, the user was presented with the option to bypass the error; this could only have been done by the user explicitly. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34469 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-295 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H