UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28281

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28281

    Published: 6 Apr 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-28281

    Summary:

    Details: If a compromised content process sent an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process, an out of bounds write would have occurred leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28281, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/#CVE-2022-28281, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/#CVE-2022-28281, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/#CVE-2022-28281, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5370-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5393-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28281

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -99.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

    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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