UBUNTU-CVE-2022-34471

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-34471

    Published: 5 Jul 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-34471
    Aliases:
    USN-5504-1

    Summary:

    Details: When downloading an update for an addon, the downloaded addon update's version was not verified to match the version selected from the manifest. If the manifest had been tampered with on the server, an attacker could trick the browser into downgrading the addon to a prior version. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34471, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/#CVE-2022-34471, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5504-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34471

    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 -102.0+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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