Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2104-FIREFOX-2340280
  • published14 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Dec 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-22740  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:21.04 firefox to version 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:21.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certain network request objects were freed too early when releasing a network request handle. This could have lead to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

CVSS Scores

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