What is CVE-2022-0511?

CVE-2022-0511 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-0511?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2022-0511

Mozilla developers and community members Gabriele Svelto, Sebastian Hengst, Randell Jesup, Luan Herrera, Lars T Hansen, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 96. 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 < 97.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0511?: CVE-2022-0511 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-0511?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.