CVE-2022-22758
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- 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
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728742Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728742Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.