Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') Affecting firefox-debuginfo package, versions <0:91.9.1-1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.7% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-FIREFOXDEBUGINFO-3199869
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed22 Dec 2022

Introduced: 22 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-1529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1321  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 firefox-debuginfo to version 0:91.9.1-1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:4776.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-debuginfo package and not the firefox-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An attacker could have sent a message to the parent process where the contents were used to double-index into a JavaScript object, leading to prototype pollution and ultimately attacker-controlled JavaScript executing in the privileged parent process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.9.1, Firefox < 100.0.2, Firefox for Android < 100.3.0, and Thunderbird < 91.9.1.

CVSS Scores

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