CVE-2022-46874
Mozilla: Drag and Dropped Filenames could have been truncated to malicious extensions
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A file with a long filename could have had its filename truncated to remove the valid extension, leaving a malicious extension in its place. This could potentially led to user confusion and the execution of malicious code.<br/>*Note*: This issue was originally included in the advisories for Thunderbird 102.6, but a patch (specific to Thunderbird) was omitted, resulting in it actually being fixed in Thunderbird 102.6.1. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Thunderbird < 102.6.1, Thunderbird < 102.6, and Firefox ESR < 102.6.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
A file with a long filename could have had its filename truncated to remove the valid extension, leaving a malicious extension in its place. This could potentially led to user confusion and the execution of malicious code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2022-12-09 CVE Reserved
- 2022-12-15 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-10-10 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-222: Truncation of Security-relevant Information
CAPEC
References (8)
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06 | 2023-05-03 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13 | 2023-05-03 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-51 | 2023-05-03 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52 | 2023-05-03 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53 | 2023-05-03 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-54 | 2023-05-03 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46874 | 2022-12-15 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153449 | 2022-12-15 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 108.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 108.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 102.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.6" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 102.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.6" | - |
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