Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-28282 - Use After Free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox ESR
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
By using a link with <code>rel="localization"</code> a use-after-free could have been triggered by destroying an object during JavaScript execution and then referencing the object through a freed pointer, leading to a potential exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1751609
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1751609
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/