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CVE-2022-22756

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22756 describes a critical vulnerability where dragging and dropping an image could transform it into an executable script, leading to arbitrary code execution if clicked. This affects Firefox versions prior to 97, Thunderbird prior to 91.6, and Firefox ESR prior to 91.6. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 97.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 91.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 91.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.6.0-1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:91.6.0-1.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:91.6.0-1.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: firefox-0:91.6.0-1.el8_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird-0:91.6.0-1.el8_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: firefox-0:91.6.0-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.6.0-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:91.6.0-1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.6.0-1.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:91.6.0-1.el8_4
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-22756Moderate

Mozilla: Drag and dropping an image could have resulted in the dropped object being an executable

Feb 8, 2022

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-04
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-05
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-06
Vendor Advisory