CVE-2022-42928 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Firefox versions prior to 106, Firefox ESR prior to 102.4, and Thunderbird prior to 102.4. It stems from missing annotations on specific memory allocations, which could lead to an exploitable crash if the Garbage Collector is in a particular state. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 106.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 102.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 102.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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