critical9.6Known exploited
CVE-2022-26486
Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-03-07. Federal due date: 2022-03-21.
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Impact
An unexpected message in the WebGPU IPC framework could lead to a use-after-free and exploitable sandbox escape. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2, and Focus < 97.3.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 91.6.1 before 97.0.2 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Focus | before 97.3.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Mobile | before 97.3.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 91.6.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758070
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758070
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26486