CVE-2022-2505 (GCVE-0-2022-2505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 14:59
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Summary
Mozilla 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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 103 and 102.1
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 102.1 (custom)
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