Resource management error in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-28287
Published: April 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61891
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28287
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-28287
Install updates from vendor's website.