Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-28281

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Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-28281

Published: April 5, 2022 / Updated: April 8, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61885
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-2022-28281
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The 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.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
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
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 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
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
firefox
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring

How to mitigate CVE-2022-28281

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 99.0
Firefox ESR - update to 91.8.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 91.8.0esr-1~deb10u1, 91.8.0esr-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:91.8.0-1~deb10u1, 1:91.8.0-1~deb11u1
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 91.8.0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.8.0-1.el7_9, 91.8.0-1.el8_1, 91.8.0-1.el8_2, 91.8.0-1.el8_4, 91.8.0-1.el8_5
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.8.0-1.el7_9, 91.8.0-1.el8_1, 91.8.0-1.el8_2, 91.8.0-1.el8_4, 91.8.0-1.el8_5
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 6
thunderbird - addressed in versions 91.8.0-1.0.1, 91.8.0-1.0.2
firefox - update to 91.8.0-1.0.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaFirefox - update to 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - update to 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - update to 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - update to 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - update to 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - update to 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 91.12.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 91.12.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2, 99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.2

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