Is CVE-2022-42928 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-42928 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-42928?

CVE-2022-42928 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-42928?

CVE-2022-42928 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-42928?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 106.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-42928

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Certain types of allocations were missing annotations that, if the Garbage Collector was in a specific state, could have lead to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Thunderbird < 102.4.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:106.0-1CVE-2022-42928

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5709-1

Fixed in:106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5709-1

thunderbirdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5724-1

Fixed in:1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5724-1

Fixed in:1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5724-1

Fixed in:1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5724-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:106.0Fixed in:106.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:106.0Fixed in:106.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.4Fixed in:102.4Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.4Fixed in:102.4Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.mozilla.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-15.