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FKIE_CVE-2022-22759

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-12-22 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:28
Severity
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739957Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739957Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739957Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox_esr *
mozilla thunderbird *
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