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Red Hat: CVE-2022-38476: CVE-2022-38476 Mozilla: Data race and potential use-after-free in PK11_ChangePW (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-38476: CVE-2022-38476 Mozilla: Data race and potential use-after-free in PK11_ChangePW (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/24/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/26/2022
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A data race could occur in the <code>PK11_ChangePW</code> function, potentially leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. In Firefox, this lock protected the data when a user changed their master password. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.2 and Thunderbird < 102.2.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2022-38476
  • RHSA-2022:6164
  • RHSA-2022:6165
  • RHSA-2022:6166
  • RHSA-2022:6168
  • RHSA-2022:6169
  • RHSA-2022:6174
  • RHSA-2022:6175
  • RHSA-2022:6176
  • RHSA-2022:6177
  • RHSA-2022:6179
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