Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-31748
Published: May 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63884
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-2022-31748
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 HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, 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
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-31748
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
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