CVE-2022-40961

Publication date 22 December 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

During startup, a graphics driver with an unexpected name could lead to a stack-buffer overflow causing a potentially exploitable crash.<br>*This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 105.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

mdeslaur

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

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H