When scanning QR codes, Firefox for Android would have allowed navigation to some URLs that do not point to web content.<br>*This bug only…

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-27892

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

When scanning QR codes, Firefox for Android would have allowed navigation to some URLs that do not point to web content.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 2

Mozilla Firefox 96

opensuse alpine

firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 96.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11732-1

firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 97.0-r0
librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 97.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-22749

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-16)

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1705094 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1705094
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-22749
NVD CVE-2022-22749

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Summary