Out-of-bounds Read Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <91.5.0esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOXESR-5680118
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Dec 2022

Introduced: 12 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-22742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 firefox-esr to version 91.5.0esr-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

When inserting text while in edit mode, some characters might have lead to out-of-bounds memory access causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

CVSS Scores

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