UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26486

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26486

    Published: 6 Mar 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-26486
    Aliases:
    USN-5314-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26486, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/#CVE-2022-26486, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5314-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26486, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -97.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

    Affected versions

    56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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