CVE-2022-22740

HIGH

Firefox < 96.0 and Firefox ESR < 91.5 - Use-After-Free in Network Request Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Certain network request objects were freed too early when releasing a network request handle. This could have lead to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox < 96.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 91.5
mozilla/thunderbird < 91.5
Published Dec 22, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026