CVE-2022-34482

An attacker who could have convinced a user to drag and drop an image to a filesystem could have manipulated the resulting filename to contain an executable extension, and by extension potentially tricked the user into executing malicious code. While very similar, this is a separate issue from CVE-2022-34483. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Apr 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-434

21 Nov 2024, 07:09

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=845880 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/ - Vendor Advisory

22 Dec 2022, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-15 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-34482

Mitre link : CVE-2022-34482

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-34482

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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