Description
By generally accepting and passing resource handles across processes, a compromised content process might have confused higher privileged processes to interact with handles that the unprivileged process should not have access to.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows and MacOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1566608
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
55.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox
< 96.0
Published
Dec 22, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026