🛡️ CVE-2022-22760 on Debian — firefox-esr

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

When importing resources using Web Workers, error messages would distinguish the difference between <code>application/javascript</code> responses and non-script responses. This could have been abused to learn information cross-origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-22760 as tracked by Debian, for the package firefox-esr. The fix is available in version 91.6.0esr-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22760 is classified as CWE-209: Information Exposure Through an Error Message. Error output includes internal detail such as paths, queries or stack traces that assists an attacker.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22760 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • firefox-esr (fixed in 91.6.0esr-1)
  • thunderbird (fixed in 1:91.6.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 December 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-22760 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-12-22
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
firefox-esr — 91.6.0esr-1
thunderbird — 1:91.6.0-1

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