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CVE-2022-28281

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28281 is a high-severity out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions prior to 99 and 91.8 respectively. A compromised content process could trigger memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash by sending an excessive number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 99.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 91.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 91.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0256 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.8.0-1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:91.8.0-1.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:91.8.0-1.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: firefox-0:91.8.0-1.el8_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird-0:91.8.0-1.el8_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: firefox-0:91.8.0-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.8.0-1.el8_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:91.8.0-1.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:91.8.0-1.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:91.8.0-1.el8_4
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-28281Important

Mozilla: Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions

Apr 5, 2022

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-13
ExploitVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-14
ExploitVendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2022-15
ExploitVendor Advisory