CVE-2022-46885
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CVE-2022-46885 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. 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 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. 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 < 106.
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 | < 106.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1786818%2C1789729%2C1791363%2C1792041Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1786818%2C1789729%2C1791363%2C1792041Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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