8.8

CVE-2022-22752: mozilla firefox Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22752
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 18-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-22752 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11732-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-5229-1

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Mozilla developers Christian Holler and Jason Kratzer reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 95. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.52% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 96 | < 96.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 96.0+build2-0ubuntu1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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