CVE-2022-38475 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An attacker could have written a value to the first element in a zero-length JavaScript array. Although the array was zero-length, the value was not written to an invalid memory address. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 104.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00273.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41058	An attacker could have written a value to the first element in a zero-length JavaScript array. Although the array was zero-length, the value was not written to an invalid memory address. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 104.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5581-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1773266
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/

History

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

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2025-04-15T17:26:11.301Z

Reserved: 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38475

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:04.002Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:36.987

Modified: 2025-04-15T18:15:43.597

Link: CVE-2022-38475

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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