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CRITICAL SEVERITY
CVE-2022-26486Mozilla · Firefox

Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

CRITICAL
9.6 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

2.24 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
84.5 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 84.5% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Mar 07, 2022

Remediation Due

Mar 21, 2022

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

Mozilla Firefox contains a use-after-free vulnerability in WebGPU IPC Framework which can be exploited to perform arbitrary code execution.

Remediation Directive

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

External Intelligence

NVD

National Vulnerability Database

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26486