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CVE-2022-46884: mozilla firefox Use After Free

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-46884
Published 24-08-2023Last modified 02-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-46884 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A potential use-after-free vulnerability existed in SVG Images if the Refresh Driver was destroyed at an inopportune time. This could have lead to memory corruption or a potentially exploitable crash. *Note*: This advisory was added on December 13th, 2022 after discovering it was inadvertently left out of the original advisory. The fix was included in the original release of Firefox 106. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.48%

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

Ubuntu6 products
  • mozjs102All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 106 | < 106.0

2 vendors · 7 products

References

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