CVE-2022-38478
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CVE-2022-38478 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Members the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103, Firefox ESR 102.1, and Firefox ESR 91.12. 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 0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Members the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103, Firefox ESR 102.1, and Firefox ESR 91.12. 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 < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.
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 | < 104.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | >= 102.0, < 102.2 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 91.13 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 91.13 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | >= 102.0, < 102.2 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1770630%2C1776658Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1770630%2C1776658Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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