Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-2505

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU65796

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2022-2505

Published: July 26, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU65796
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-2022-2505
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
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Anolis OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
firefox
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-2505

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 103.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.1.0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.12.0-1.el7_9, 91.12.0-1.el8_1, 91.12.0-1.el8_2, 91.12.0-1.el8_4, 91.12.0-1.el8_6, 91.12.0-1.el9_0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.12.0-2.el7_9, 91.12.0-2.el8_1, 91.12.0-2.el8_2, 91.12.0-2.el8_4, 91.12.0-2.el8_6, 91.12.0-2.el9_0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.1.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.16
thunderbird - update to 91.12.0-1.0.1
firefox - update to 91.12.0-2.0.1
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-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-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-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 - 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
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.2.2-150200.8.82.1
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
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 103.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 103.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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