Mozilla Firefox up to 102 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 102 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-36320. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 102 (Web Browser). It has been declared 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 the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 102. 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 < 103.

The weakness was shared 07/26/2022 with Mozilla as Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 103 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

Mozilla developers and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 102. 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-2022-36320. 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 103 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 103

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07/20/2022 🔍
07/26/2022 +6 days 🔍
07/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2022 +66 days 🔍
04/15/2025 +928 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 103
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-36320 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-36320
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210004

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 11:04
Updated: 04/15/2025 19:25
Changes: 09/30/2022 11:04 (18), 09/30/2022 11:07 (27), 10/29/2022 07:43 (1), 04/15/2025 19:25 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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