CVE-2022-38476

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Dec 22, 2022
Updated: Apr 15, 2025
Reserved: Aug 19, 2022

Description

A data race could occur in the <code>PK11_ChangePW</code> function, potentially leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. In Firefox, this lock protected the data when a user changed their master password. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.2 and Thunderbird < 102.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Firefox ESRMozilla	before 102.2Affected
ThunderbirdMozilla	before 102.2Affected

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1760998

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