Vulnerability in Apple macOS
CVE-2022-22750
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (45.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apple macOS
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-22750?
- CVE-2022-22750 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-22750?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.