FirefoxWeb browser · Mozilla
CVE-2022-34483
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn attacker who could have convinced a user to drag and drop an image to a filesystem could have manipulated the resulting filename to contain an executable extension, and by extension potentially tricked the user into executing malicious code. While very similar, this is a separate issue from CVE-2022-34482. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceFirefox fails to sanitize filenames when saving dragged-and-dropped images to the filesystem, allowing an attacker to manipulate the resulting filename to include executable extensions (e.g., .exe, .bat, .js). A user convinced to drag and drop an image could unknowingly save a file that appears to be an image but executes malicious code when opened.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
FirefoxWeb browser
< 102.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Firefox versionOpen Firefox, click the menu button (three horizontal lines in the top right), select Help, then About Firefox. The version number is displayed at the top of the dialog.Affected if The displayed version is below 102.0 (e.g., 101.x, 100.x, 99.x, etc.)
You are affected if you are running any Firefox version prior to 102.0 and you use the drag-and-drop feature to save images from web pages to your filesystem.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped102.0
Upgrade to Firefox 102 or later. Users should be educated about the risks of saving files from untrusted sources and executing files with unexpected extensions.
Firefox 102.0
- 1. Open Firefox browser
- 2. Click the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner
- 3. Select 'Help' from the dropdown menu
- 4. Click 'About Firefox'
- 5. The About Firefox window will open and automatically check for updates
- 6. If Firefox version is below 102.0, click 'Update to latest version' or allow the automatic update to complete
- 7. Restart Firefox after the update completes
- 8. Verify the version is 102.0 or higher by repeating steps 1-5
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Firefox
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-34483 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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