CVE-2022-22751
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CVE-2022-22751 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Mozilla developers Calixte Denizet, Kershaw Chang, Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Gabriele Svelto, Tyson Smith, Simon Giesecke, and Steve Fink reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers Calixte Denizet, Kershaw Chang, Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Gabriele Svelto, Tyson Smith, Simon Giesecke, and Steve Fink reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 95 and Firefox ESR 91.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 96.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 91.5 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 91.5 |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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