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TI-2022-07008 Aliases CVE-2022-22758GHSA-x7x8-qh7j-2q6h

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Mozilla Firefox

Priority HIGH 73CWE-319Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.

Summary

When clicking on a tel: link, USSD codes, specified after a <code>\*</code> character, would be included in the phone number. On certain phones, or on certain carriers, if the number was dialed this could perform actions on a user's account, similar to a cross-site request forgery attack.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00385 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Firefox (Mozilla): 97

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MozillaFirefoxbefore 9797Patch availableCNA
  • Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 97 Fixed in 97 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 97.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 97.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Google

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 97

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Mozilla Firefox 97

    12 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH, 5 MEDIUM, 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-07009 Protection mechanism failure in Mozilla FirefoxPriority HIGH 76
    • TI-2022-07011 Protection mechanism failure in Mozilla FirefoxPriority HIGH 73
    • TI-2022-07005 By using XSL Transforms, a malicious webserver could have served a user an XSL document…Priority HIGH 73
    Show all 12 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-22758
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7x8-qh7j-2q6h

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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