CVE-2022-40961
Published: 22 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-40961 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-44207
Vulnerability details
During startup, a graphics driver with an unexpected name could lead to a stack-buffer overflow causing a potentially exploitable crash.<br>*This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 105.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.