CVE-2022-28287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In unusual circumstances, selecting text could cause text selection caching to behave incorrectly, leading to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 99.

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	< 99

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-2022-32739	In unusual circumstances, selecting text could cause text selection caching to behave incorrectly, leading to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 99.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5370-1	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 poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1741515
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-13/

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-664
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2025-04-16T14:01:57.908Z

Reserved: 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28287

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:48:37.684Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:24.747

Modified: 2025-04-16T14:15:20.210

Link: CVE-2022-28287

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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