Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2022-45421

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 44.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8firefox102.5.0-1.el8_7.almaALSA-2022:8554
AlmaLinux:9firefox102.5.0-1.el9_1.almaALSA-2022:8580
AlmaLinux:8thunderbird102.5.0-2.el8_7.almaALSA-2022:8547
AlmaLinux:9thunderbird102.5.0-2.el9_1.almaALSA-2022:8561
Alpine:v3.20firefox-esr102.5.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-45421
Alpine:v3.21firefox-esr102.5.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-45421
Alpine:v3.22firefox-esr102.5.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-45421
Alpine:v3.23firefox-esr102.5.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-45421
Debian:12firefox-esr102.5.0esr-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45421
Debian:13firefox-esr102.5.0esr-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45421
Debian:14firefox-esr102.5.0esr-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45421
Debian:12thunderbird1:102.5.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45421
Debian:13thunderbird1:102.5.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45421
Debian:14thunderbird1:102.5.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45421
Rocky Linux:8firefox0:102.5.0-1.el8_7RLSA-2022:8554
Rocky Linux:8thunderbird0:102.5.0-2.el8_7RLSA-2022:8547
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs78no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45421
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs91no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45421
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSthunderbird1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45421
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSthunderbird1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5824-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox ESR unspecified – before 102.5
Mozilla Thunderbird unspecified – before 102.5
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 107

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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