CVE-2022-45412
This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
When resolving a symlink such as <code>file:///proc/self/fd/1</code>, an error message may be produced where the symlink was resolved to a string containing unitialized memory in the buffer. <br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird on Unix-based operated systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.79% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791029Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791029Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.