Buffer overflow in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-42932

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Buffer overflow in Mozilla products - CVE-2022-42932

Published: October 18, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68408
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-2022-42932
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 handling HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, 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
Firefox for Android
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
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)
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird
firefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
www-client/firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-42932

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 106.0
Firefox for Android - update to 106.1.0
Firefox ESR - update to 102.4.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 102.4.0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.4.0-1.el7_9, 102.4.0-1.el8_1, 102.4.0-1.el8_2, 102.4.0-1.el8_4, 102.4.0-1.el8_6, 102.4.0-1.el9_0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.4.0-1.el7_9, 102.4.0-1.el8_1, 102.4.0-1.el8_2, 102.4.0-1.el8_4, 102.4.0-1.el8_6, 102.4.0-1.el9_0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring - update to 2.3 Fix Pack 6
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.16
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.4.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.4.0
mozilla-firefox - addressed in versions 102.4.0esr, 106.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 102.4.0esr-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:102.4.0-1~deb11u1
thunderbird - update to 102.4.0-1.0.1
firefox - addressed in versions 102.4.0-1.0.1, 102.4.0-7.0.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 102.4.0-112.136.3, 102.4.0-150000.150.62.1, 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 102.4.0-112.136.3, 102.4.0-150000.150.62.1, 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 102.4.0-112.136.3, 102.4.0-150000.150.62.1, 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 102.4.0-112.136.3, 102.4.0-150000.150.62.1, 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 102.4.0-112.136.3, 102.4.0-150000.150.62.1, 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 102.4.0-150000.150.62.1, 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 102.4.0-150200.152.64.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 102.5.0-150200.8.90.1
www-client/firefox - update to 104
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 106.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 106.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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