CVE-2022-22757 Security feature bypass in Firefox

What is CVE-2022-22757?

CVE-2022-22757 is a medium-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

Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers. This could have allowed websites to connect back locally to the user's browser to control it. <br>*This bug only affected Firefox when WebDriver was enabled, which is not the default configuration.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Weakness: CWE-346, CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22757?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22757?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-22757 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22757 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-fc8f-jhcw-p24v, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22757.