Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2022-22736
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Firefox from Mozilla. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system libraries. However the install directory is not world-writable by default.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22736 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H