CVE-2022-46883: High severity firefox vulnerability
Mozilla developers Gabriele Svelto, Yulia Startsev, Andrew McCreight and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 106. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.<br />Note: This advisory was added on December 13th, 2022 after discovering it was inadvertently left out of the original advisory. The fix was included in the original release of Firefox 107. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 107.
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Mozilla developers Gabriele Svelto, Yulia Startsev, Andrew McCreight and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 106. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.Note: This advisory was added on December 13th, 2022 after discovering it was inadvertently left out of the original advisory. The fix was included in the original release of Firefox 107.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2022-46883?
CVE-2022-46883 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox that allows memory corruption and potential arbitrary code execution.
What is the severity of CVE-2022-46883?
CVE-2022-46883 has a severity score of 8.8, which is considered high.
How does CVE-2022-46883 affect Mozilla Firefox?
CVE-2022-46883 affects Firefox version 106 up to exclusive version 107.0.
How can I fix CVE-2022-46883?
To fix CVE-2022-46883, update Mozilla Firefox to version 107.0 or higher.
Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-46883?
More information about CVE-2022-46883 can be found in the following references: [Link 1](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1584674%2C1791152%2C1792241%2C1792984%2C1793127%2C1794645), [Link 2](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/), [Link 3](https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-47/).