CVE-2022-31741 (GCVE-0-2022-31741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 18:59
VLAI
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Uninitialized variable leads to invalid memory read
  • CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 91.10 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 101 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 91.10 (custom)
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