Memory corruption via delayed array length update
Published Dec 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Use-after-free in Firefox before 101 allows remote attackers to corrupt browser memory through crafted JavaScript array shifts. The SpiderMonkey moveDenseElements path moves an object pointer behind the incremental garbage-collection marking wavefront before updating the dense initialized length, leaving the object unmarked, finalized, and poisoned. A victim must load attacker-controlled script; Mozilla stated that the affected initializedLength-equals-one path was barriered by JIT code and was not exploitable at disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Firefox before 101 allows remote attackers to corrupt browser memory through crafted JavaScript array shifts. The SpiderMonkey moveDenseElements path moves an object pointer behind the incremental garbage-collection marking wavefront before updating the dense initialized length, leaving the object unmarked, finalized, and poisoned. A victim must load attacker-controlled script; Mozilla stated that the affected initializedLength-equals-one path was barriered by JIT code and was not exploitable at disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-31745
- Published
- Dec 22, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-129, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <101
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Public exploit references
- Mozilla Bugzilla reproduction for Bug 1760944proof of concept · demonstrated
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