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CVE-2022-31739 — When downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could

When downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could have lead to a download incorrectly being saved to attacker-influenced paths that used variables such as %HOMEPATH% or %APPDATA%.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating s

CVSS
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EPSS
0.48% (top 35.30%)
CWE
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Published
2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-16T13:52:46.926Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

When downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could have lead to a download incorrectly being saved to attacker-influenced paths that used variables such as %HOMEPATH% or %APPDATA%.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified
MozillaFirefoxunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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