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CVE-2022-22736
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-12-22T20:15:14.153 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:28:55.213

Summary

If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system libraries. However the install directory is not world-writable by default.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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