CVE-2022-22747

After accepting an untrusted certificate, handling an empty pkcs7 sequence as part of the certificate data could have lead to a crash. This crash is believed to be unexploitable. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1735028	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1735028	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-16 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-22747

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22747

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-22747

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox_esr
firefox
thunderbird

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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