CVE-2022-46875: mozilla firefox Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-46875 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7Timeline
- 22-12-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .atloc and .ftploc files, which can run commands on a user's computer. <br>*Note: This issue only affected Mac OS operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.65%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
51%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.63% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 108 | < 108.0
- firefox_esr≥ unspecified, < 102.6 | < 102.6
- thunderbird≥ unspecified, < 102.6 | < 102.6
1 vendor · 3 products
References
6 links- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52/Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53/Vendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51/Vendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06Vendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13Vendor Advisory