Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting Firefox package, versions [,97)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-3182904
  • published25 Dec 2022
  • disclosed25 Dec 2022
  • creditJack Wrenn

Introduced: 25 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-22755  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 97 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. By using XSL Transforms, a malicious webserver could have served a user an XSL document that would continue to execute JavaScript (within the bounds of the same-origin policy) even after the tab was closed.

CVSS Scores

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