CVE-2022-34480 — Within the <code>lg_init()</code> function, if several allocations succeed but t

Within the <code>lg_init()</code> function, if several allocations succeed but then one fails, an uninitialized pointer would have been freed despite never being allocated. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

01What is this vulnerability?

Within the <code>lg_init()</code> function, if several allocations succeed but then one fails, an uninitialized pointer would have been freed despite never being allocated. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-15T17:56:16.526Z

09References

• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/
• bugzilla.mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1454072