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MFSA2022-13 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 99 (CVE-2022-28282)

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MFSA2022-13 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 99 (CVE-2022-28282)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/05/2022
Created
04/07/2022
Added
04/06/2022
Modified
01/04/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-99_0

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