What is CVE-2022-22736?

CVE-2022-22736 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-22736?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2022-22736

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22736?: CVE-2022-22736 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-22736?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.