7.8

CVE-2022-45415: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45415
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 15-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45415 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
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 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12518-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-5726-1

Timeline

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

Description

When downloading an HTML file, if the title of the page was formatted as a filename with a malicious extension, Firefox may have saved the file with that extension, leading to possible system compromise if the downloaded file was later ran. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.23% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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

Ubuntu5 products
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs91All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 107 | < 107.0

2 vendors · 6 products

References

6 links