vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-22754: ELSA-2022-0510: firefox security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 8, 2022
Added
Feb 15, 2022
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: If a user installed a particular type of extension, the extension could have auto-updated itself, and while doing so may have bypassed the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-firefoxoracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird
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