CVE-2022-26385 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In unusual circumstances, an individual thread may outlive the thread's manager during shutdown. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 98.

Published: 2022-12-22

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 98

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-30944	In unusual circumstances, an individual thread may outlive the thread's manager during shutdown. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 98.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5321-1	Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5321-2	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00352.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1747526
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-10/

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T20:13:10.180Z

Reserved: 2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-26385

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:03:32.767Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:21.923

Modified: 2025-04-15T21:15:45.007

Link: CVE-2022-26385

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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