#VU59376 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-22748
Published: January 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59376
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22748
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. Malicious websites could have confused Firefox into showing the wrong origin when asking to launch a program and handling an external URL protocol.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.