CVE-2022-45421: Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with en...

Summary

Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.4. 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 F...

What to do

Update mozilla firefox to version 107.0 or later.
Update mozilla firefox_esr to version 102.5 or later.
Update mozilla thunderbird to version 102.5 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
mozilla	firefox	< 107.0 `cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::`
mozilla	firefox_esr	< 102.5 `cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::`
mozilla	thunderbird	< 102.5 `cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::`

Original advisory text

Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with en...

Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 102.4. 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 ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1767920%2C1789808%2C1794061 Issue Tracking Not Applicable
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/ Vendor Advisory