CVE-2022-28282 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After Free13 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
5.3%
top 9.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

By using a link with rel="localization" a use-after-free could have been triggered by destroying an object during JavaScript execution and then referencing the object through a freed pointer, leading to a potential 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/firefoxunspecified — 99
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 99.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 91.8
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
CVE-2022-28282: By using a link with rel="localization" a use-after-free could have been triggered by destroying an object during JavaScript execution and then refere↗2022-12-22
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GHSA
GHSA-mp96-4frc-r2pg: By using a link with rel="localization" a use-after-free could have been triggered by destroying an object during JavaScript execution and then refere↗2022-12-22
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OSV
CVE-2022-28282: By using a link with rel="localization" a use-after-free could have been triggered by destroying an object during JavaScript execution and then refere↗2022-12-22
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2022-04-27
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-04-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2022-04-27
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-04-07
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free in DocumentL10n::TranslateDocument↗2022-04-05
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Debian
CVE-2022-28282: firefox - By using a link with <code>rel="localization"</code> a use-after-free could have...↗2022
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-14: CVE-2022-28282↗
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