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CVE-2022-0843: Mozilla developers Kershaw Chang, Ryan VanderMeulen, and Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 97. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that...
CVE-2022-0843 · published 3 years ago
Summary
Mozilla developers Kershaw Chang, Ryan VanderMeulen, and Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 97. 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 a...
What to do
- Update mozilla firefox to version 97.0 or later.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
< 97.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
Mozilla developers Kershaw Chang, Ryan VanderMeulen, and Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 97. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that...
Mozilla developers Kershaw Chang, Ryan VanderMeulen, and Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 97. 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 < 98.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1746523%2C1749062%2C1749164%2C17... Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/ Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
14 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker full control
Type
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
Timeline
Published22 Dec 2022
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2022-0843 · NVD
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