CVE-2022-22748

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Malicious websites could have confused Firefox into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 22, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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