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critical 9.6

CVE-2022-22759 json

If a document created a sandboxed iframe without <code>allow-scripts</code>, and subsequently appended an element to the iframe's document…

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-27902

cvss
9.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

If a document created a sandboxed iframe without <code>allow-scripts</code>, and subsequently appended an element to the iframe's document that e.g. had a JavaScript event handler - the event handler would have run despite the iframe's sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 97
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 91.6
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 91.6
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 91.6.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:91.6.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22759

  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 97.0+build2-0ubuntu1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:91.6.1+build1-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22759

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  • thunderbird RHEL 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 91.6.0-1.el7_9
  • firefox RHEL 7 91.6.0-1.el7_9
  • firefox RHEL 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.4 EUS 91.6.0-1.el8_4
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.2 EUS 91.6.0-1.el8_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.1 E4S 91.6.0-1.el8_1
  • firefox RHEL 8.4 EUS 91.6.0-1.el8_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:0536RHSA-2022:0537RHSA-2022:0535RHSA-2022:0538RHSA-2022:0539RHSA-2022:0514

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +8 more 91.6.0-152.15.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 91.6.0-150.18.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 91.6.0-112.89.1
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3 91.6.1-8.54.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 91.6.0-78.162.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:0696-1SUSE-SU-2022:0676-1SUSE-SU-2022:0565-1SUSE-SU-2022:14896-1SUSE-SU-2022:0559-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 97.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.6.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.3 91.6.1-8.54.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11837-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11842-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0559-1

  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5.alma
  • thunderbird AlmaLinux 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5.alma.plus
  • firefox AlmaLinux 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:0535ALSA-2022:0510

  • thunderbird Rocky Linux 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5
  • firefox Rocky Linux 8 91.6.0-1.el8_5

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:0535RLSA-2022:0510

  • 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
  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +6 more 91.6.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 91.6.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-22759

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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-2022-22759 updated cvss 9.6

Mozilla: Sandboxed iframes could have executed script if the parent appended elements

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 91.6.0-1.el8_5, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el8_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0510
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) firefox 91.6.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0513
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) firefox 91.6.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0512
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) firefox 91.6.0-1.el8_4, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0511
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 91.6.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 91.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 91.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 91.6.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 91.6.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 91.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 91.6.0-1.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:0514
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 firefox, firefox-x11, thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739957 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

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.