CVE-2022-22756

HIGH

Firefox < 97.0 and Firefox ESR < 91.6 - Arbitrary Code Execution via Drag-and-Drop Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable script which would have run arbitrary code after the user clicked on it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox < 97.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 91.6
mozilla/thunderbird < 91.6
Published Dec 22, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026