Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-34480

Vulnerability identifier: #VU64764

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34480

CWE-ID: CWE-824

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Mozilla Firefox
Pale Moon
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
libnss3 (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Manager

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 102.0
Pale Moon - update to 31.1.1
libnss3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.15, 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.8, 2:3.68-1ubuntu1.2, 2:3.68.2-0ubuntu1.1
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - update to 2.10.54
HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Manager - update to 4.0-b43
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.2.0-112.130.1, 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.2.0-150000.150.56.1, 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE - addressed in versions 102-35.9.1, 102-150000.4.22.1, 102-150200.9.10.1

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• Ubuntu update for firefox
• Ubuntu update for nss
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Pale Moon
• Ubuntu update for nss
• VMware Tanzu Operations Manager update for NSS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Manager