CVE-2022-34471 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When downloading an update for an addon, the downloaded addon update's version was not verified to match the version selected from the manifest. If the manifest had been tampered with on the server, an attacker could trick the browser into downgrading the addon to a prior version. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00158.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-37426	When downloading an update for an addon, the downloaded addon update's version was not verified to match the version selected from the manifest. If the manifest had been tampered with on the server, an attacker could trick the browser into downgrading the addon to a prior version. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5504-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1766047
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-345
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T18:48:58.793Z

Reserved: 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-34471

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:15:15.262Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:31.500

Modified: 2025-04-15T19:16:03.420

Link: CVE-2022-34471

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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