Mozilla Firefox up to 101 Drag/Drop Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 101. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Drag/Drop Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-34482. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 101 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Drag/Drop Handler. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An 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-2022-34483. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

The weakness was disclosed 06/28/2022 by Attila Suszter as Bug 845880 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

An 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-2022-34483.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-34482. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/13/2026).

Upgrading to version 102 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-37437). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 102

Timelineinfo

06/24/2022 🔍
06/28/2022 +4 days 🔍
06/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2022 +94 days 🔍
06/13/2026 +1351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 845880
Researcher: Attila Suszter
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2022-34482 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-34482
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209972
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 10:30
Updated: 06/13/2026 00:26
Changes: 09/30/2022 10:30 (17), 09/30/2022 10:33 (28), 10/26/2022 15:37 (1), 04/16/2025 04:52 (27), 06/13/2026 00:26 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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