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GHSA-X7X8-QH7J-2Q6H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-22 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-16 15:34

Details

When clicking on a tel: link, USSD codes, specified after a * 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.
This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2025-04-16T15:34:06Z",
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CVE-2022-22758 (GCVE-0-2022-22758)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 14:28

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-16 14:26 UTC

CWE

tel: links could have sent USSD codes to the dialer on Firefox for Android
CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728742

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 97 (custom)

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