CVE-2022-2505

Summary

CVECVE-2022-2505
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-03 21:04:00 UTC
DescriptionMozilla developers and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 102. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.1, Firefox < 103, and Thunderbird < 102.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 102.1 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Bug List MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 103 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 102.1 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160004 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-5776)
  • 160005 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-5773)
  • 160007 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-5778)
  • 160008 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-5767)
  • 160010 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-5777)
  • 160013 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-5774)
  • 184503 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (CVE-2022-2505)
  • 198874 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-5536-1)
  • 198977 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5663-1)
  • 240568 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:5777)
  • 240569 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:5778)
  • 240570 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:5769)
  • 240572 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:5772)
  • 240573 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:5773)
  • 240574 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:5771)
  • 240575 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:5774)
  • 240576 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:5767)
  • 240577 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:5765)
  • 240579 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:5776)
  • 257187 CentOS Security Update for thunderbird (CESA-2022:5773)
  • 257188 CentOS Security Update for firefox (CESA-2022:5776)
  • 354078 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird : ALAS2-2022-1855
  • 356231 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for firefox : ALASFIREFOX-2023-012
  • 376758 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-28)
  • 376759 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-30)
  • 376767 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-32)
  • 502852 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 502854 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 505735 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 505738 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 710582 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-08)
  • 752583 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:3273-1)
  • 752590 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:3272-1)
  • 752611 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:3396-1)
  • 753189 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (SUSE-SU-2022:3281-1)
  • 940603 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2022:5777)
  • 940604 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2022:5774)
  • 940620 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2022:5767)
  • 960295 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2022:5774)
  • 960377 Rocky Linux Security Update for firefox (RLSA-2022:5777)
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