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CVE-2022-1196

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

After a VR Process is destroyed, a reference to it may have been retained and used, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8 and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 91.8 — fixed in 91.8
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 91.8 — fixed in 91.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox ESR 91.8; Mozilla Thunderbird 91.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750679
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750679
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-14/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-15/

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