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CVE-2022-34480

Publication date 5 July 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Within the <code>lg_init()</code> function, if several allocations succeed but then one fails, an uninitialized pointer would have been freed despite never being allocated. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Fixed 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 102.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
nss 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:3.68.2-0ubuntu1.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 2:3.68-1ubuntu1.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.15
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
thunderbird 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
21.10 impish Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
nss

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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