CVE-2022-36314

Mozilla: Opening local .lnk files could cause unexpected network loads

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 26, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of when opening a Windows shortcut from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that leads to unexpected network requests from the operating system.

Statement

This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-64 · Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)