cve-2022-34471
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 09:15
Severity ?
Summary
When downloading an update for an addon, the downloaded addon update's version was not verified to match the version selected from the manifest. If the manifest had been tampered with on the server, an attacker could trick the browser into downgrading the addon to a prior version. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1766047Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
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