Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-26485
Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have lead to an exploitable use-after-free. 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 22, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Mozilla Firefox contains a use-after-free vulnerability in XSLT parameter processing which can be exploited to perform arbitrary code execution.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26485

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-26485 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-26485 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
4 Mozilla firefox_focus
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-26485.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/ Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 923 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 10 months, 1 week ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.

None

HTML

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 31, 2023, 9:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
548 stars 35 fork 35 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1228 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-26485 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-26485 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758062 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 97.0.2 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* versions up to (excluding) 97.3.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 91.6.1 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_focus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 97.3.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 91.6.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-26485 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-26485 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.25 }} 1.87%

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0.89229

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