CVE-2022-26384: mozilla firefox Protection Mechanism Failure
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-26384 is a critical (CVSS 9.6) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 29 · Related 13Timeline
- 22-12-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
If an attacker could control the contents of an iframe sandboxed with <code>allow-popups</code> but not <code>allow-scripts</code>, they were able to craft a link that, when clicked, would lead to JavaScript execution in violation of the sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 98, Firefox ESR < 91.7, and Thunderbird < 91.7.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.6CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.6CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST9.6CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.95%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
61%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.93% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu6 products
- firefox< 98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | < 98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | < 1:1snap1-0ubuntu1
- mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 98 | < 98.0
- firefox_esr≥ unspecified, < 91.7 | < 91.7
- thunderbird≥ unspecified, < 91.7 | < 91.7
Debian2 products
- firefox-esr< 91.7.0esr-1
- thunderbird< 1:91.7.0-1
3 vendors · 11 products
References
12 links- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-12/Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-11/Vendor Advisory
