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CVE-2022-34470

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-12-22
  • Fixed in102.0
  • WeaknessCWE-416

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Description

Session history navigations may have led to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-2220:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Mozilla firefox
BranchAffectedFixed in
102.0< 102.0102.0
Mozilla firefox esr
BranchAffectedFixed in
91.11< 91.1191.11
Mozilla thunderbird
BranchAffectedFixed in
91.11< 91.1191.11

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • thunderbirdAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 91.11.0-2.el9_0.alma

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Mozilla firefox to 102.0

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-04-15
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.82025-04-15
  • NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-4162025-04-15
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-416read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-22
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-12-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34470?

Session history navigations may have led to a use-after-free and potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102, Firefox ESR < 91.11, Thunderbird < 102, and Thunderbird < 91.11.

Is CVE-2022-34470 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-34470, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-34470?

CVE-2022-34470 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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