cve-2022-26485
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2025-01-28 21:38
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have lead to an exploitable use-after-free. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2, and Focus < 97.3.0.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox for Android
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFocus
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