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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2022-2200 in the critical feed json

If an object prototype was corrupted by an attacker, they would have been able to set undesired attributes on a JavaScript object, leading…

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34483

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
23.9%
EPSS 23.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

If an object prototype was corrupted by an attacker, they would have been able to set undesired attributes on a JavaScript object, leading to privileged code execution. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 102
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 91.11
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 91.11, 102
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 91.11.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:91.11.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2200

  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2200

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  • thunderbird RHEL 7 91.11.0-2.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 9 91.11.0-2.el9_0
  • firefox RHEL 7 91.11.0-2.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 91.11.0-2.el8_6
  • firefox RHEL 8 91.11.0-2.el8_6
  • firefox RHEL 9 91.11.0-2.el9_0
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.2 EUS 91.11.0-2.el8_2
  • firefox RHEL 8.2 EUS 91.11.0-2.el8_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:5475RHSA-2022:5480RHSA-2022:5474RHSA-2022:5482RHSA-2022:5479RHSA-2022:5470

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +10 more 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +10 more 102-150200.9.10.1
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 +3 more 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 102.2.0-112.130.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 102-35.9.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 102-150000.4.22.1
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 +3 more 91.11.0-150200.8.76.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3396-1SUSE-SU-2022:3281-1SUSE-SU-2022:3273-1SUSE-SU-2022:3272-1SUSE-SU-2022:2320-1SUSE-SU-2022:2313-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.11.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 102.0.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12161-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12184-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 9 91.11.0-2.el9_0.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:5482

  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 91.11.0-2.el8_6
  • firefox Rocky Linux 8 91.11.0-2.el8_6

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:5470RLSA-2022:5469

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +4 more 102.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 102.0-r0
  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 91.11.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.16 91.11.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +4 more 102.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +4 more 102.1.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-2200

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-2200 updated cvss 8.8

Mozilla: Undesired attributes could be set as part of prototype pollution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 91.11.0-2.el8_6, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) firefox 91.11.0-2.el9_0, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5481
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) firefox 91.11.0-2.el8_1, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5477
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) firefox 91.11.0-2.el8_2, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5474
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) firefox 91.11.0-2.el8_4, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5472
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 91.11.0-2.el7_9, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 91.11.0-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 91.11.0-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 91.11.0-2.el7_9, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 91.11.0-2.el7_9, thunderbird 91.11.0-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 91.11.0-2.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5479

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

23.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.