CVE-2022-45409

Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The garbage collector could have been aborted in several states and zones and <code>GCRuntime::finishCollection</code> may not have been called, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.

El recolector de basura podría haber sido abortado en varios estados y zonas y es posible que no se haya llamado a <code>GCRuntime::finishCollection</code>, lo que provocó un use after free y un bloqueo potencialmente explotable. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR < 102,5, Thunderbird < 102.5 y Firefox < 107.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: The garbage collector could have been aborted in several states and zones and GCRuntime::finishCollection may not have been called, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 8.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-11-14 CVE Reserved
2022-11-17 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47	2023-01-04
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48	2023-01-04
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49	2023-01-04
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45409	2022-12-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2143202	2022-12-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 107.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 107.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 102.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 102.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.5"		-		Affected