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CVE-2022-26486

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.6

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.6

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published12/22/2022

Last Modified11/4/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMozilla

ProductFirefox

Vulnerability NameMozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-03-07

Remediation Due Date2022-03-21

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

mozilla:firefoxmozilla:firefox_focusmozilla:thunderbird

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416CWE-416

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758070(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758070(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26486(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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