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CVE-2022-22737

Mozilla: Race condition when playing audio files

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Constructing audio sinks could have lead to a race condition when playing audio files and closing windows. This could have lead to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

La construcción de receptores de audio podría haber provocado una condición de ejecución al reproducir archivos de audio y cerrar ventanas. Esto podría haber dado lugar a un use-after-free que provocaría un bloqueo potencialmente explotable. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR &lt; 91.5, Firefox &lt; 96 y Thunderbird &lt; 91.5.

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Constructing audio sinks could have led to a race condition when playing audio files and closing windows. This could have lead to a use-after-free issue, causing a potentially exploitable crash.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, trick a user into accepting unwanted permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks, bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-01-07 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-01-13 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-03 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mozilla
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Firefox
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< 96.0
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Affected
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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< 91.5
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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< 91.5
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Affected