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If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted weblink,\nan attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2022-45412)\n\nJefferson Scher and Jayateertha Guruprasad discovered that Firefox did not\nproperly sanitize the HTML download file extension under certain circumstances.\nIf a user were tricked into downloading and executing malicious content, a\nremote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user\ninvoking the programs. (CVE-2022-45415)\n\nErik Kraft, Martin Schwarzl, and Andrew McCreight discovered that Firefox\nincorrectly handled keyboard events. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to perform a timing side-channel attack and possibly figure out which\nkeys are being pressed. (CVE-2022-45416)\n\nKagami discovered that Firefox did not detect Private Browsing Mode correctly.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information about\nPrivate Browsing Mode.\n(CVE-2022-45417)","dates":{"published":"2022-11-16T13:25:42.000Z","modified":"2026-04-27T16:32:24.201Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":null,"severity":"unknown","version":null,"versionLabel":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"computed":false,"selection":"none"},"metrics":[]},"epss":{"probability":null,"percentile":null,"severity":"unknown","asOf":null,"change":{"pp":null,"baselineDate":null,"baselineScore":null},"history":[],"last30":[]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[],"affected":[{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"firefox","name":"firefox","label":"firefox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 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