Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-22743
Published: January 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59367
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22743
CWE-ID: CWE-1021
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when navigating from inside an iframe while requesting fullscreen access. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, and make the browser unable to leave fullscreen mode.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform spoofing attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22743
Install updates from vendor's website.