CVE-2022-31741 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized ResourceCWE-457 — Use of Uninitialized VariableCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer12 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 101
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 101
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 91.10
▶NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 91.10
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 91.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
CVE-2022-31741: A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption↗2022-12-22
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OSV
CVE-2022-31741: A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption↗2022-12-22
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GHSA
GHSA-wg2f-j4pf-5gpx: A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption↗2022-12-22
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2022-07-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2022-07-14
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Uninitialized variable leads to invalid memory read↗2022-05-31
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Debian
CVE-2022-31741: firefox - A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an inval...↗2022
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-21: CVE-2022-31741↗
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