CVE-2022-45412 (GCVE-0-2022-45412)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2025-04-15 15:05
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EPSS score ?
CWE
- Symlinks may resolve to partially uninitialized buffers
Summary
When resolving a symlink such as <code>file:///proc/self/fd/1</code>, an error message may be produced where the symlink was resolved to a string containing unitialized memory in the buffer. <br>*This bug only affects Thunderbird on Unix-based operated systems (Android, Linux, MacOS). Windows is unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
References
Impacted products
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| ► | Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Version: unspecified < 102.5 |
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