CVE-2022-22736

Mozilla Firefox ESR and 1 other: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVE-2022-22736 is fixed in Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) on 1 platform by Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 102.0 (version 102.0), released June 23, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.0
No vendor severity
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0025
16th percentile

If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system libraries. However the install directory is not world-writable by default.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 102.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 102.0 Jun 23, 2022

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