CVE-2022-29917

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 60.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-12-22 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 15:06Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-04-29

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

61481808c50337fb8827f2ee42c821b4665229d8e8bbad99ae9b97066d30ad05

• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-16/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-18/
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-17/
• bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1684739%2C1706441%2C1753298%2C1762614%2C1762620%2C1764778