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MFSA2022-21 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.10 (CVE-2022-31739)

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MFSA2022-21 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.10 (CVE-2022-31739)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/31/2022
Created
06/02/2022
Added
06/01/2022
Modified
01/06/2023

Description

When downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could have lead to a download incorrectly being saved to attacker-influenced paths that used variables such as %HOMEPATH% or %APPDATA%.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-91_10

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