UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22756

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22756

    Published: 9 Feb 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-22756

    Summary:

    Details: If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable script which would have run arbitrary code after the user clicked on it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22756, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/#CVE-2022-22756, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/#CVE-2022-22756, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5284-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5345-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22756

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

    Affected versions

    56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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