CVE-2022-46885
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.
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
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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
firefoxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 128.9.0-1.oe2203sp4 | 128.9.0-1.oe2203sp4 |
firefoxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 128.9.0-1.oe2203sp3 | 128.9.0-1.oe2203sp3 |
firefoxUbuntu: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 Show 45 moreShow less71.0+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
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
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.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1786818%2C1789729%2C1791363%2C1792041
mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46885
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g867-grx9-vj64
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1422
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45407
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