Use after free in Mozilla Firefox
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
If an attacker loaded a font using <code>FontFace()</code> on a background worker, a use-after-free could have occurred, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 107
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 107
19 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 12 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-22381 Unrestricted file upload in Mozilla FirefoxPriority HIGH 69
- TI-2022-22371 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 62
- TI-2022-22370 Through a series of popup and <code>window.print()</code> calls, an attacker can cause a…Priority MEDIUM 62
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-45407
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5459-wr9w-wpcp
- 2026-10-23 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-45407 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-45407 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5459-wr9w-wpcp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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