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CVE-2022-46885

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory...

8.8 HighFix available

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.54%Down 0.3 points since Dec 23, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Record
CVE-2022-46885
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 8.8

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Record
CVE-2022-46885
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-49665 8.8

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Record
EUVD-2022-49665
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g867-grx9-vj64 8.8

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory...

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Record
GHSA-g867-grx9-vj64
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1422 8.8

firefox security update

Mozilla Firefox is a standalone web browser, designed for standards compliance and performance. Its functionality can be enhanced via a plethora of extensions.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2022-45407)

When downloading an HTML file, if the title of the page was formatted as a filename with a malicious extension, Firefox may have saved the file with that extension, leading to possible system compromise if the downloaded file was later ran. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.(CVE-2022-45415)

Because Firefox did not implement the <code>unsafe-hashes</code> CSP directive, an attacker who was able to inject markup into a page otherwise protected by a Content Security Policy may have been able to inject executable script. This would be severely constrained by the specified Content Security Policy of the document. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108.(CVE-2022-46873)

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.(CVE-2022-46885)

Record
OESA-2025-1422
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-1423 8.8

firefox security update

Mozilla Firefox is a standalone web browser, designed for standards compliance and performance. Its functionality can be enhanced via a plethora of extensions.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2022-45407)

When downloading an HTML file, if the title of the page was formatted as a filename with a malicious extension, Firefox may have saved the file with that extension, leading to possible system compromise if the downloaded file was later ran. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.(CVE-2022-45415)

Because Firefox did not implement the <code>unsafe-hashes</code> CSP directive, an attacker who was able to inject markup into a page otherwise protected by a Content Security Policy may have been able to inject executable script. This would be severely constrained by the specified Content Security Policy of the document. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108.(CVE-2022-46873)

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.(CVE-2022-46885)

Record
OESA-2025-1423
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-46885 8.8

Mozilla developers Timothy Nikkel, Ashley Hale, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 105. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46885
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 128.9.0-1.oe2203sp4
128.9.0-1.oe2203sp4
firefox
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 128.9.0-1.oe2203sp3
128.9.0-1.oe2203sp3
firefox
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 106.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, plus listed versions
69.0.3+build1-0ubuntu170.0+build2-0ubuntu170.0+build2-0ubuntu270.0.1+build1-0ubuntu271.0+build2-0ubuntu2
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71.0+build5-0ubuntu172.0.1+build1-0ubuntu172.0.2+build1-0ubuntu173.0+build1-0ubuntu173.0+build2-0ubuntu173.0+build3-0ubuntu173.0.1+build1-0ubuntu174.0+build1-0ubuntu174.0+build2-0ubuntu174.0+build2-0ubuntu274.0+build3-0ubuntu175.0+build3-0ubuntu176.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.176.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.177.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.178.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.178.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.179.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.180.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.180.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.181.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.181.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.182.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.183.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.184.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.185.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.185.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.186.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.186.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.187.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.288.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.188.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.289.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.289.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.189.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.190.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.190.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.191.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.192.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
106.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

History

History
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affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2022-46885 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Mozilla Firefox, published December 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in firefox 106.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1.

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