Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2022-29917
Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight, Gabriele Svelto, Tom Ritter and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 99 and Firefox ESR 91.8. 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 < 91.9, Firefox ESR < 91.9, and Firefox < 100.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.010 (59.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox_esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-29917?
- CVE-2022-29917 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-29917?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.