6.5

CVE-2022-38472: mozilla firefox Origin Validation Error

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38472DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38472
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 15-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-38472 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Origin Validation Error vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 30 · Related 12
DLA-3080-1DLA-3097-1DSA-5217-1DSA-5221-1MGASA-2022-0309MGASA-2022-0315

Timeline

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

Description

An attacker could have abused XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin which was displayed in the address bar. This could have been used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.36% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

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

Mozilla3 products
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 104 | < 104.0 | ≥ 102.0, < 102.2
  • firefox_esr≥ unspecified, < 91.13 | ≥ unspecified, < 102.2
  • thunderbird≥ unspecified, < 102.2 | ≥ unspecified, < 91.13 | < 91.13 | ≥ 102.0, < 102.2
Debian2 products
  • firefox-esr< 102.2.0esr-1
  • thunderbird< 1:102.2.0-1
Ubuntu2 products
  • firefox< 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird< 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

3 vendors · 7 products

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