CVE-2022-46881

Mozilla: Memory corruption in WebGL

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An optimization in WebGL was incorrect in some cases, and could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
*Note*: This advisory was added on December 13th, 2022 after we better understood the impact of the issue. The fix was included in the original release of Firefox 106. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.

Una optimización en WebGL era incorrecta en algunos casos, y podría haber provocado daños en la memoria y un bloqueo potencialmente explotable. *Nota*: Este aviso se agregó el 13 de diciembre de 2022 después de que entendiéramos mejor el impacto del problema. La corrección se incluyó en la versión original de Firefox 106. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.6 y Thunderbird < 102.6.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

An optimization in WebGL was incorrect in some cases, and could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.

*Credits: Karl and an Anonymous ASAN Nightly User

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

2022-12-09 CVE Reserved
2022-12-15 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-06	2023-09-13
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-13	2023-09-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44	2023-09-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-52	2023-09-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-53	2023-09-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46881	2022-12-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153466	2022-12-15

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"				< 106.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 106.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 102.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 102.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.6"		-		Affected