Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-28282

Vulnerability identifier: #VU61886

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-2022-28282

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The 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.

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

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

• Exploit #9805 - CVE-2022-28282 (PoC for CVE-2022-28282) (May 13, 2024)
• Exploit #8396 - CVE-2022-28282 (PoC for CVE-2022-28282) (September 25, 2022)

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• Slackware Linux update for mozilla-firefox
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
• Slackware Linux update for mozilla-thunderbird
• Debian update for firefox-esr
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 update for firefox
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for firefox
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 update for firefox
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 update for firefox
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 update for thunderbird
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 update for thunderbird
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for thunderbird
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 update for thunderbird
• Debian update for thunderbird
• Ubuntu update for thunderbird
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Thunderbird
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird
• Anolis OS update for firefox
• Anolis OS update for firefox
• Anolis OS update for thunderbird
• Anolis OS update for thunderbird