Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2023 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2022-46884

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A potential use-after-free vulnerability existed in SVG Images if the Refresh Driver was destroyed at an inopportune time. This could have lead to memory corruption or a potentially exploitable crash. *Note*: This advisory was added on December 13th, 2022 after discovering it was inadvertently left out of the original advisory. The fix was included in the original release of Firefox 106. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-46884
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-46884
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs78no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-46884
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs91no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-46884

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 106

References