CVE-2022-22750

By generally accepting and passing resource handles across processes, a compromised content process might have confused higher privileged processes to interact with handles that the unprivileged process should not have access to.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows and MacOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

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 HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1566608	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1566608	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-16 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-22750

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22750

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-22750

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Products Affected

apple

macos

mozilla

firefox

microsoft

windows

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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