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CVE-2022-26486

An unexpected message in the WebGPU IPC framework could lead to a use-after-free and exploitable sandbox escape. 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.

Published

2022-12-22T20:15:22.797

Last Modified

2025-10-22T00:18:01.857

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.6 (CRITICAL)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416
Type: Secondary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 97.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 97.3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	< 91.6.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_focus	< 97.3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 91.6.2	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758070 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/ Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758070 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-09/ Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26486 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)