Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-34480
Published: June 29, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64764
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-2022-34480
CWE-ID: CWE-824
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 crash the browser.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the lg_init() function when handling several allocations. A remote attacker can cause browser crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-34480
Install updates from vendor's website.