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CVE-2022-45409

Mozilla: Use-after-free in Garbage Collection

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 15, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: The garbage collector could have been aborted in several states and zones and GCRuntime::finishCollection may not have been called, leading to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash.

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-416 · Use After Free