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CVE-2022-0517

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

Mozilla VPN can load an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured directory. A user or attacker with limited privileges could leverage this to launch arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN < 2.7.1.

Affected products

• Mozilla VPN 2.16.1: before 2.7.1 — fixed in 2.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 2.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752291
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-08/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752291
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-08/

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