CVE-2022-38478

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-38478
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-31 02:35:00 UTC
DescriptionMembers the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103, Firefox ESR 102.1, and Firefox ESR 91.12. 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 Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.

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 Firefox 104 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 102.2 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.13 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Bug List MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 102.2 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 91.13 — 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

  • 160060 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-6169)
  • 160062 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-6165)
  • 160063 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-6175)
  • 160065 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2022-6164)
  • 160068 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-6174)
  • 160070 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2022-6179)
  • 180962 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DSA 5217-1)
  • 180963 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DLA 3080-1)
  • 180978 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 5221-1)
  • 180994 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 3097-1)
  • 183783 Debian Security Update for firefox-esrthunderbird (CVE-2022-38478)
  • 198912 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-5581-1)
  • 198977 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-5663-1)
  • 240618 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:6174)
  • 240619 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:6165)
  • 240620 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:6169)
  • 240621 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:6164)
  • 240622 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:6175)
  • 240624 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:6168)
  • 240628 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2022:6166)
  • 240629 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:6176)
  • 240631 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:6179)
  • 240632 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2022:6177)
  • 257190 CentOS Security Update for firefox (CESA-2022:6179)
  • 257193 CentOS Security Update for thunderbird (CESA-2022:6169)
  • 296084 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 50.126.3 Missing (CPUOCT2022)
  • 354078 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird : ALAS2-2022-1855
  • 356231 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for firefox : ALASFIREFOX-2023-012
  • 376857 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-33)
  • 376858 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-35)
  • 376859 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-34)
  • 376860 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-37)
  • 376861 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-36)
  • 503449 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 506057 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 673432 EulerOS Security Update for mozjs60 (EulerOS-SA-2024-1201)
  • 673812 EulerOS Security Update for mozjs60 (EulerOS-SA-2024-1181)
  • 710610 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-37)
  • 710612 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-38)
  • 752536 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:2984-1)
  • 752540 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:3007-1)
  • 752548 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:3030-1)
  • 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)
  • 940644 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2022:6175)
  • 940645 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2022:6164)
  • 940647 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2022:6165)
  • 940648 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2022:6174)
  • 960291 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2022:6164)
  • 960360 Rocky Linux Security Update for firefox (RLSA-2022:6175)
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