CVE-2022-46881 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.2%
top 52.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 22
Latest updateFeb 6
Description
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.
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
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CVE-2022-46881: An optimization in WebGL was incorrect in some cases, and could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash↗2022-12-22
GHSA▶
GHSA-5grf-cv3x-c266: An optimization in WebGL was incorrect in some cases, and could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash↗2022-12-22
CVEList▶
CVE-2022-46881: An optimization in WebGL was incorrect in some cases, and could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash↗2022-12-22
📋Vendor Advisories
6Debian▶
CVE-2022-46881: firefox - An optimization in WebGL was incorrect in some cases, and could have led to memo...↗2022