Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-22763

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Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-22763

Published: February 8, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60414
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22763
CWE-ID: CWE-664
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling script execution during invalid object state. A remote attacker can cause a script to run late in the lifecycle, at a point after where it should not be possible.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
thunderbird
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring

How to mitigate CVE-2022-22763

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - update to 91.6.0
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:91.6.0-1~deb10u1, 1:91.6.0-1~deb11u1
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 91.6.0esr-1~deb10u1, 91.6.0esr-1~deb11u1
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 91.6.0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.6.0-1.el7_9, 91.6.0-1.el8_1, 91.6.0-1.el8_2, 91.6.0-1.el8_4, 91.6.0-1.el8_5
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.6.0-1.el7_9, 91.6.0-1.el8_1, 91.6.0-1.el8_2, 91.6.0-1.el8_4, 91.6.0-1.el8_5
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 6
firefox - update to 91.6.0-1.0.1
thunderbird - update to 91.6.0-1.0.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 91.6.0-78.162.2, 91.6.0-112.89.1, 91.6.0-150.18.1, 91.6.0-152.15.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 91.6.0-78.162.2, 91.6.0-112.89.1, 91.6.0-150.18.1, 91.6.0-152.15.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 91.6.0-78.162.2, 91.6.0-150.18.1, 91.6.0-152.15.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 91.6.0-78.162.2, 91.6.0-112.89.1, 91.6.0-150.18.1, 91.6.0-152.15.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 91.6.0-112.89.1, 91.6.0-150.18.1, 91.6.0-152.15.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 91.6.0-112.89.1, 91.6.0-150.18.1, 91.6.0-152.15.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 91.6.1-8.54.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:91.7.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 91.12.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 91.12.0

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