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Ubuntu: USN-5314-1 (CVE-2022-26486): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5314-1 (CVE-2022-26486): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/22/2022
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An unexpected message in the WebGPU IPC framework could lead to a use-after-free and exploitable sandbox escape. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2, and Focus < 97.3.0.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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