vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-0843)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 22, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 22, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Mozilla developers Kershaw Chang, Ryan VanderMeulen, and Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 97. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2022-0843
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-0843
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1746523%2C1749062%2C1749164%2C1749214%2C1749610%2C1750032%2C1752100%2C1752405%2C1753612%2C1754508
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-15887
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/
- CWE-787
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-15887
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