CVE-2022-26485
Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
YesDecision
Descriptions
Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have lead to an exploitable use-after-free. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2, and Focus < 97.3.0.
La eliminación de un parámetro XSLT durante el procesamiento podría haber dado lugar a un use-after-free explotable. Hemos recibido informes de ataques en la naturaleza que abusan de esta falla. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox para Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2 y Focus < 97.3.0.
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have led to an exploitable use-after-free issue. There were reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.
A use-after-free was discovered when removing an XSLT parameter in some circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. A use-after-free was discovered in the WebGPU IPC framework. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
Mozilla Firefox contains a use-after-free vulnerability in XSLT parameter processing which can be exploited to perform arbitrary code execution.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Act
Timeline
- 2022-03-04 CVE Reserved
- 2022-03-07 CVE Published
- 2022-03-07 Exploited in Wild
- 2022-03-21 KEV Due Date
- 2023-01-31 First Exploit
- 2025-01-28 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-04 EPSS Updated
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://github.com/mistymntncop/CVE-2022-26485 | 2023-01-31 | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062 | 2025-01-28 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09 | 2022-12-30 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26485 | 2022-03-14 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2061736 | 2022-03-14 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 97.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 97.0.2" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 97.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 97.3.0" | android |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 91.6.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 91.6.1" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Focus Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Focus" | < 97.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Focus" and version " < 97.3.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 91.6.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 91.6.2" | - |
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