cve-2022-1196
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2025-04-16 15:27
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS score ?
0.13% (0.33903)
Summary
After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8 and Firefox ESR < 91.8.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750679Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750679Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 91.8
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