CVE-2022-45409
The garbage collector could have been aborted in several states and zones and GCRuntime::finishCollection may not have been called, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This
02 Description
The garbage collector could have been aborted in several states and zones and GCRuntime::finishCollection may not have been called, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-12-22 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-15 14:39Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c56cf5c0378d636be5c732ef7f9ec82e95ee4a3e48ea9006df3bda712b07252b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-49/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-48/
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1796901
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- firefox Fixed in 102.5.0-1.el8_7.alma
- thunderbird Fixed in 102.5.0-2.el8_7.alma
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- firefox Fixed in 102.5.0-1.el9_1.alma
- thunderbird Fixed in 102.5.0-2.el9_1.alma
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- firefox Fixed in 102.5.0-1.el8_7.alma
- thunderbird Fixed in 102.5.0-2.el8_7.alma
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- firefox Fixed in 102.5.0-1.el9_1.alma
- thunderbird Fixed in 102.5.0-2.el9_1.alma
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 102.5.0esr-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:102.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 102.5.0esr-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:102.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 102.5.0esr-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:102.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mozjs38 No fix yet
- mozjs52 No fix yet
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- mozjs52 No fix yet
- mozjs68 No fix yet
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- mozjs78 No fix yet
- mozjs91 No fix yet
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:102.7.1+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.