OS Command Injection in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-22744
Published: January 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59378
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22744
CWE-ID: CWE-78
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 execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "Copy as curl" feature in DevTools. A remote attacker can trick the victim to cope a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary commands on the system, if copied data is pasted into a Powershell prompt.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22744
Install updates from vendor's website.