Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 12 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-1097 CVE-2022-28281 CVE-2022-28282 CVE-2022-28283 CVE-2022-28284 CVE-2022-28285 CVE-2022-28286 CVE-2022-28287 CVE-2022-28289 CVE-2022-28288 CVE-2022-24713 CVE-2022-1196 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-416 CWE-787 CWE-254 CWE-399 CWE-451 CWE-119 CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit |
Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #3 is available. |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Mozilla Firefox Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers Firefox ESR Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers |
| Vendor | Mozilla |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 12 vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free
EUVDB-ID: #VU61884
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1097
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when handling NSSToken objects. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 70.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Out-of-bounds write
EUVDB-ID: #VU61885
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28281
CWE-ID:
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 70.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
3) Use-after-free
EUVDB-ID: #VU61886
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28282
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing links with rel="localization". A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 70.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
4) Security features bypass
EUVDB-ID: #VU61887
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28283
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to missing security checks within the sourceMapURL feature in devtools. A remote attacker can trick the victim to perform certain actions and obtain contents of local files on the victim's system.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 92.0 - 98.0.2
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
5) Security features bypass
EUVDB-ID: #VU61888
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28284
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error that allowed the SVG's <use> element to load unexpected content and execute it under certain circumstances. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in victim's browser.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 92.0 - 98.0.2
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
6) Resource management error
EUVDB-ID: #VU61889
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28285
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of incorrect AliasSet when generating the assembly code for MLoadTypedArrayElementHole. A remote attacker can abuse this along with another vulnerability to perform an out-of-bounds read.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 70.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
7) Spoofing attack
EUVDB-ID: #VU61890
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28286
CWE-ID:
CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. Due to a layout change, iframe contents can be rendered outside of its border. A remote attacker can spoof page content.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 70.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
8) Resource management error
EUVDB-ID: #VU61891
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28287
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when selecting text. A remote attacker can trick the victim to select certain parts of text on the page and crash the browser.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 92.0 - 98.0.2
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
9) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU61892
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28289
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 70.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
10) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU61893
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28288
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 92.0 - 98.0.2
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
11) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU61895
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24713
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due regex for Rust does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsMozilla Firefox: 90.0 - 98.0.2
Firefox ESR: 91.0 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
12) Use-after-free
EUVDB-ID: #VU61894
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1196
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content after the VR Process is destroyed. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsFirefox ESR: 91.0.1 - 91.7.1
External linkshttp://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
