8.8

CVE-2022-22755: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22755
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 16-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-22755 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.60%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11837-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-5284-1

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

By using XSL Transforms, a malicious webserver could have served a user an XSL document that would continue to execute JavaScript (within the bounds of the same-origin policy) even after the tab was closed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.59% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 97 | < 97.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 97.0+build2-0ubuntu1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

6 links