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CVE-2022-22744 json

The constructed curl command from the "Copy as curl" feature in DevTools was not properly escaped for PowerShell.

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-27887

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The constructed curl command from the "Copy as curl" feature in DevTools was not properly escaped for PowerShell. This could have lead to command injection if pasted into a Powershell prompt.<br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 91.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 96
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 91.5
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3 91.5.0-8.51.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 91.5.0-150.15.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +7 more 91.5.0-152.12.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 91.5.0-112.86.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 91.5.0-78.159.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:0199-1SUSE-SU-2022:14880-1SUSE-SU-2022:0137-1SUSE-SU-2022:0136-1SUSE-SU-2022:0115-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 96.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.5.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.3 91.5.0-8.51.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.3 91.5.0-152.12.1
  • civetweb openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.15-lp153.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11732-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11733-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0199-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0136-1

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 97.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 97.0-r0
  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +6 more 91.5.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 91.5.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-22744

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-22744 updated cvss 6.1

Mozilla: The 'Copy as curl' feature in DevTools did not fully escape website-controlled data, potentially leading to command injection

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox, thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

Sources

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