CVE-2022-1196
Mozilla: Use-after-free after VR Process destruction
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8 and Firefox ESR < 91.8.
Después de que se destruye un proceso de realidad virtual, es posible que se haya conservado y utilizado una referencia al mismo, lo que ha provocado un bloqueo de un use-after-free y potencialmente explotable. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird < 91.8 y Firefox ESR < 91.8.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
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Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
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Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-03-31 CVE Reserved
- 2022-04-08 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-02 First Exploit
- 2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750679 | 2024-08-02 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14 | 2022-12-29 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15 | 2022-12-29 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1196 | 2022-04-12 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2072561 | 2022-04-12 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 91.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 91.8" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 91.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 91.8" | - |
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