CVE-2022-40960

Summary

Concurrent use of the URL parser with non-UTF-8 data was not thread-safe. This could lead to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• Data-race when parsing non-UTF-8 URLs in threads

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1787633

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1787633

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