CVE-2022-34480 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1454072
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34480
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34480
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		firefox: Free of uninitialized pointer in lg_init
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34480
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	threat_severity `Low`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T17:56:16.526Z

Reserved: 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-34480

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T09:15:15.143Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:33.287

Modified: 2025-04-15T18:15:42.160

Link: CVE-2022-34480

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-06-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-34480 - Bugzilla

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