GHSA-8rq9-mgjw-g998

GHSA-8rq9-mgjw-g998 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

The Worker::SetEventListener function in the Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to direct proxies.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-8rq9-mgjw-g998
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-8rq9-mgjw-g998

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-8rq9-mgjw-g998/fixes/registry"

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