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CVE-2022-28288:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-28288 is a memory safety vulnerability discovered in Firefox 98 and fixed in Firefox 99, disclosed on April 5, 2022. The vulnerability was identified by Mozilla developers and community members Randell Jesup, Sebastian Hengst, and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team (Mozilla Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability represents memory safety bugs that showed evidence of memory corruption. The severity is rated as HIGH with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (NVD).
Impact
These memory safety bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and could potentially be exploited to run arbitrary code if sufficient effort was applied (Mozilla Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was addressed in Firefox 99. Users were advised to update their Firefox installations to version 99 or later to mitigate the risk (Ubuntu Notice).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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