Mozilla Firefox up to 100 CMS Message memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox up to 100. The affected element is an unknown function of the component CMS Message Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-31741. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 100 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component CMS Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.

The weakness was disclosed 05/31/2022 with Cybeats PSI Team as Bug 1767590 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

A crafted CMS message could have been processed incorrectly, leading to an invalid memory read, and potentially further memory corruption.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-31741. 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 04/15/2025).

Upgrading to version 101 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 101

Timelineinfo

05/26/2022 🔍
05/31/2022 +5 days 🔍
05/31/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2022 +122 days 🔍
04/15/2025 +928 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1767590
Organization: Cybeats PSI Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-31741 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-31741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209952

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 10:12
Updated: 04/15/2025 21:34
Changes: 09/30/2022 10:12 (18), 09/30/2022 10:16 (28), 10/26/2022 14:26 (1), 04/15/2025 21:34 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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