Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FIREFOX-2442223
  • published7 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Dec 2022

Introduced: 7 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-1196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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.

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.