CVE-2022-1097Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416Use After Free15 documents10 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

NSSToken objects were referenced via direct points, and could have been accessed in an unsafe way on different threads, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified99
NVDmozilla/firefox< 99.0
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified91.8
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
CVE-2022-1097: NSSToken objects were referenced via direct points, and could have been accessed in an unsafe way on different threads, leading to a use-after-free an2022-12-22
CVEList
CVE-2022-1097: NSSToken objects were referenced via direct points, and could have been accessed in an unsafe way on different threads, leading to a use-after-free an2022-12-22
GHSA
GHSA-5hr7-vh78-qh58: NSSToken objects were referenced via direct points, and could have been accessed in an unsafe way on different threads, leading to a use-after-free an2022-12-22
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2022-04-27
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2022-04-07

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2022-04-27
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2022-04-07
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free in NSSToken objects2022-04-05
Debian
CVE-2022-1097: firefox - <code>NSSToken</code> objects were referenced via direct points, and could have ...2022
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-13: CVE-2022-1097

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Securelist
Non-mobile malware statistics, Q2 20222022-08-15
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