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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-46880: Use After Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-46880: Use After Free

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/22/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A missing check related to tex units could have led to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash.<br />*Note*: This advisory was added on December 13th, 2022 after we better understood the impact of the issue. The fix was included in the original release of Firefox 105. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.6, Firefox < 105, and Thunderbird < 102.6.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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