GHSA-996j-6q9j-r4xp

GHSA-996j-6q9j-r4xp PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle node removal in XUL trees, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to deleted memory, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

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 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-996j-6q9j-r4xp
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-996j-6q9j-r4xp

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-996j-6q9j-r4xp/fixes/registry"

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