Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-1919

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Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-1919

Published: May 31, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63883
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-2022-1919
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing webp images. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted webpage, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1919

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 101.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
chromium - addressed in versions 115.0.5790.170-1.el7, 115.0.5790.170-1.el8, 115.0.5790.170-1.el9, 115.0.5790.170-1.fc38, 115.0.5790.170-2.fc37

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