7.5

CVE-2022-45407: mozilla firefox Use After Free

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-45407
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 15-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45407 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.64%
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-2024:12518-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-5726-1

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.63% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.64%

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

Ubuntu5 products
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs91All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 107 | < 107.0

2 vendors · 6 products

References

6 links