Mozilla Firefox up to 98 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 98 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-28289. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 98 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla developers and community members Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 91.7. 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 Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

The weakness was published 04/05/2022 by Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto as Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 99 and Firefox ESR 91.8 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

Mozilla developers and community members Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 98 and Firefox ESR 91.7. 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-2022-28289. 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 $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/17/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208650 (CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:1302)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 99 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (208650) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-32741). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 208650
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:1302)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 99

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04/05/2022 +5 days 🔍
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09/30/2022 +178 days 🔍
05/17/2026 +1325 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 99 and Firefox ESR 91.8
Researcher: Nika Layzell, Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-28289 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28289
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209920
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 09:03
Updated: 05/17/2026 15:52
Changes: 09/30/2022 09:03 (17), 09/30/2022 09:06 (28), 10/26/2022 11:07 (1), 10/10/2024 02:34 (16), 04/16/2025 16:51 (13), 04/29/2025 13:20 (3), 05/17/2026 15:52 (2)
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