CVE-2022-28289
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CVE-2022-28289 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Mozilla developers and community members Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 91.7. 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 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers and community members Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 91.7. 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 Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.
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 | < 99.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 91.8 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 91.8 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1663508%2C1744525%2C1753508%2C1757476%2C1757805%2C1758549%2C1758776Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1663508%2C1744525%2C1753508%2C1757476%2C1757805%2C1758549%2C1758776Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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