CVE-2022-28281 (GCVE-0-2022-28281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 20:09
VLAI
Summary
If a compromised content process sent an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process, an out of bounds write would have occurred leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 91.8 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 99 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 91.8 (custom)
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