Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox (opens in a new tab)
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- published7 Apr 2022
- disclosed22 Dec 2022
Introduced: 7 Apr 2022
CVE-2022-28281 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu.
If a compromised content process sent an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process, an out of bounds write would have occurred leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-28281
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1755621
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/
- https://github.com/0vercl0k/CVE-2022-28281