CVE-2022-22757

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5284-1

Posted Feb 14, 2022

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 5284-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that extensions of a particular type could auto-update themselves and bypass the prompt that requests permissions. If a user were tricked into installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2022-0511, CVE-2022-22754, CVE-2022-22756, CVE-2022-22757, CVE-2022-22761, CVE-2022-22764

SHA-256 | d7fd2247717631be4147210e0cf211ef14bf116df25a6272b18eba23465edabd

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