🛡️ CVE-2022-31747 on Debian — firefox-esr
Description
Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight, Nicolas B. Pierron, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 100 and Firefox ESR 91.9. 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 Thunderbird < 91.10, Firefox < 101, and Firefox ESR < 91.10.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2022-31747 as tracked by Debian, for the package firefox-esr. The fix is available in version 91.10.0esr-1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31747 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31747 is recorded against 2 packages.
- firefox-esr (fixed in 91.10.0esr-1)
- thunderbird (fixed in 1:91.10.0-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 22 December 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2022-31747 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 91.10.0esr-1 |
| thunderbird | — | 1:91.10.0-1 |
References
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