vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-45415): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 16, 2022
Added
Nov 17, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

When downloading an HTML file, if the title of the page was formatted as a filename with a malicious extension, Firefox may have saved the file with that extension, leading to possible system compromise if the downloaded file was later ran. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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