Buffer Overflow Affecting firefox package, versions <0:102.4.0-1.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-8016382
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed18 Oct 2022

Introduced: 18 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-42928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:102.4.0-1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7069.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certain types of allocations were missing annotations that, if the Garbage Collector was in a specific state, could have lead to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Thunderbird < 102.4.

CVSS Scores

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