CVE-2022-22755 Other in Firefox

What is CVE-2022-22755?

CVE-2022-22755 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 22 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

By using XSL Transforms, a malicious webserver could have served a user an XSL document that would continue to execute JavaScript (within the bounds of the same-origin policy) even after the tab was closed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Weakness: CWE-672

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22755?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22755?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-22755 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-22755 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3w9m-vg42-8v9h, OESA-2024-1288, OESA-2024-1308, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22755.