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CVE-2022-1802

If an attacker was able to corrupt the methods of an Array object in JavaScript via prototype pollution, they could have achieved execution of attacker-controlled JavaScript code in a privileged context.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 28.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

If an attacker was able to corrupt the methods of an Array object in JavaScript via prototype pollution, they could have achieved execution of attacker-controlled JavaScript code in a privileged context. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.9.1, Firefox < 100.0.2, Firefox for Android < 100.3.0, and Thunderbird < 91.9.1.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
28.49% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1321
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
Source
security@mozilla.org
EPSS trend
0%15%30%25 October 2026: 28.49%3 November 2026: 28.49%25 October 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 28.5% on 25 October 2026 to 28.5% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.