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Red Hat: CVE-2022-28281: CVE-2022-28281 Mozilla: Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-28281: CVE-2022-28281 Mozilla: Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/08/2022
Created
04/12/2022
Added
04/11/2022
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

If a compromised content process sent an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process, an out of bounds write would have occurred leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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