Reachable Assertion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-31745

 

Reachable Assertion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-31745

Published: May 31, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63882
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-2022-31745
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect assertion when array shift operations are not used. The Garbage Collector can become confused about valid objects. This can lead to application crash.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-31745

Install updates from vendor's website.

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