Resource management error in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-28287
Published: April 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61891
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28287
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The 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.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-28287
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 99.0
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
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