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Ubuntu: USN-5726-1 (CVE-2022-45407): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5726-1 (CVE-2022-45407): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/16/2022
Created
11/19/2022
Added
11/17/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

If an attacker loaded a font using <code>FontFace()</code> on a background worker, a use-after-free could have occurred, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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