Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
MediumFix available

firefox-esr, thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285

When generating the assembly code for MLoadTypedArrayElementHole, an incorrect AliasSet was used. In conjunction with another vulnerability this could have been used for an out of bounds memory read. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

Products
firefox-esr, thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:91.8.0-1, 91.8.0esr-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-28285
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Dec 2022, 20:15 UTC

When generating the assembly code for MLoadTypedArrayElementHole, an incorrect AliasSet was used. In conjunction with another vulnerability this could have been used for an out of bounds memory read. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 91.8.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 91.8.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 91.8.0esr-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:91.8.0-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:91.8.0-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:91.8.0-1

Complete source record
{
  "id": "b7c02fa4f003b0715c7296bf6f0797727e98489b0a69e94fe0b4b8e416ffed16",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285",
    "summary": "When generating the assembly code for MLoadTypedArrayElementHole, an incorrect AliasSet was used. In conjunction with another vulnerability this could have been used for an out of bounds memory read. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "firefox-esr",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "91.8.0esr-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "firefox-esr",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "91.8.0esr-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "firefox-esr",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "91.8.0esr-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "thunderbird",
          "evidence": "/affected/3/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:91.8.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/3/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "thunderbird",
          "evidence": "/affected/4/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:91.8.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/4/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "thunderbird",
          "evidence": "/affected/5/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:91.8.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/5/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "91.8.0esr-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "firefox-esr",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "91.8.0esr-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "firefox-esr",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "91.8.0esr-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "firefox-esr",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:91.8.0-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "thunderbird",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:91.8.0-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "thunderbird",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:91.8.0-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "thunderbird",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28285.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:00:52.716035044Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-28285"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28285"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-28285",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 322693,
  "published_at": "2022-12-22T20:15:24.303+00:00"
}