Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2022-34479
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Firefox from Mozilla. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A malicious website that could create a popup could have resized the popup to overlay the address bar with its own content, resulting in potential user confusion or spoofing attacks. <br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird for Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | thunderbird | 91.11.0-2.el9_0.alma | ALSA-2022:5482 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 102.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | thunderbird | 102.0-r0, 102.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | thunderbird | 102.0-r0, 102.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | thunderbird | 102.0-r0, 102.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | thunderbird | 102.0-r0, 102.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Debian:14 | firefox-esr | 91.11.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:91.11.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Debian:13 | thunderbird | 1:91.11.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Debian:14 | thunderbird | 1:91.11.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | firefox | 0:91.11.0-2.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:5469 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | thunderbird | 0:91.11.0-2.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:5470 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-34479 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-5512-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – before 102 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 91.11 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unspecified – before 102unspecified – before 91.11 |
Weakness: CWE-451 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N