CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 103 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 08/23/2022 as Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104, Firefox ESR 102.2, and Firefox ESR 91.13 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:
Members the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103, Firefox ESR 102.1, and Firefox ESR 91.12. 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 was named CVE-2022-38478. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/29/2022).
Upgrading to version 104 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 104
Timeline
08/19/2022 🔍08/23/2022 🔍
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09/29/2022 🔍
10/25/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 104, Firefox ESR 102.2, and Firefox ESR 91.13
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-38478 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 09/29/2022 14:54Updated: 10/25/2022 14:20
Changes: 09/29/2022 14:54 (17), 09/29/2022 14:57 (27), 10/25/2022 14:20 (1)
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