8.8

CVE-2022-34483: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-34483
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 15-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34483 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.1% 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
0.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12184-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1SUSE-SU-2022:3272-1SUSE-SU-2022:3273-1SUSE-SU-2022:3396-1USN-5504-1

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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-2022-34482. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.72% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.72%

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, < 102 | < 102.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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