Buffer overflow in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-46883
Published: March 18, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105843
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46883
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The 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.
Affected software
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
openEuler
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Mozilla Firefox
openEuler
firefox
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
How to mitigate CVE-2022-46883
Install updates from vendor's website.
Firefox for Android - update to 107.1.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 107.0
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1
Mozilla Firefox - update to 107.0
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1