CVE-2022-26385

In unusual circumstances, an individual thread may outlive the thread's manager during shutdown. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 98.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1747526	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1747526	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-15 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-26385

Mitre link : CVE-2022-26385

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-26385

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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