CVE-2022-22758

When clicking on a tel: link, USSD codes, specified after a * 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 users account, similar to a cross-site request forgery attack.This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/102.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/117.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/383.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/477.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/65.html

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728742
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1728742
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/