CVE-2022-45421
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 107 and Firefox ESR 102.5
Severity Score
8.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.4. 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 ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 106 and Firefox ESR 102.4. 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.
*Credits:
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Automatable
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Timeline
- 2022-11-14 CVE Reserved
- 2022-11-16 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1767920%2C1789808%2C1794061 | Issue Tracking |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47 | 2023-08-08 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48 | 2023-08-08 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49 | 2023-08-08 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45421 | 2022-12-13 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2143243 | 2022-12-13 |
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" | < 107.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 107.0" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 102.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.5" | - |
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