CVE-2022-40961 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

During startup, a graphics driver with an unexpected name could lead to a stack-buffer overflow causing a potentially exploitable crash.*This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 105.

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 Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 105
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 105.0
▶mozillamozilla/firefox

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-7526-6xhc-xh2w: During startup, a graphics driver with an unexpected name could lead to a stack-buffer overflow causing a potentially exploitable crash↗2022-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2022-40961: firefox - During startup, a graphics driver with an unexpected name could lead to a stack-...↗2022
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-40: CVE-2022-40961↗
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