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CVE-2022-28281

Mozilla: Out of bounds write due to unexpected WebAuthN Extensions

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 5, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

If a compromised content process sent an unexpected number of WebAuthN Extensions in a Register command to the parent process, an out of bounds write would have occurred leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write