Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2022-42928
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity null pointer dereference in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Certain types of allocations were missing annotations that, if the Garbage Collector was in a specific state, could have lead to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Thunderbird < 102.4.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | firefox | 102.4.0-1.el8_6.alma | ALSA-2022:7070 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | firefox | 102.4.0-1.el9_0.alma | ALSA-2022:7071 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | thunderbird | 102.4.0-1.el8_6.alma | ALSA-2022:7190 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | thunderbird | 102.4.0-1.el9_0.alma | ALSA-2022:7178 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Debian:14 | firefox-esr | 102.4.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:102.4.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Debian:13 | thunderbird | 1:102.4.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Debian:14 | thunderbird | 1:102.4.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | firefox | 0:102.4.0-1.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:7070 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | firefox | 0:102.4.0-1.el8_6.0.1 | RLSA-2022:7070 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | thunderbird | 0:102.4.0-1.el8_6.0.1 | RLSA-2022:7190 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | thunderbird | 0:102.4.0-1.el8_6 | RLSA-2022:7190 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs78 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs91 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42928 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-5724-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42928 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – before 106 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 102.4 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unspecified – before 102.4 |
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H