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MFSA2022-01 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 96 (CVE-2022-22737)

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MFSA2022-01 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 96 (CVE-2022-22737)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/11/2022
Created
01/17/2022
Added
01/12/2022
Modified
01/04/2023

Description

Constructing audio sinks could have lead to a race condition when playing audio files and closing windows. This could have lead to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-96_0

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