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CVE-2022-40957

Inconsistent data in instruction and data cache when creating wasm code could lead to a potentially exploitable crash.<b

Inconsistent data in instruction and data cache when creating wasm code could lead to a potentially exploitable crash.<br>This bug only affects Firefox on ARM64 platforms.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.01082
EPSS exploitation odds1.08% · top 38%
Monitor
  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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How to read a CVE - triage first, then detect and patch
This page is every public fact about CVE-2022-40957, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.
Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:
CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked. EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal. CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score. Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.
How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.
Then what - two workflows:
Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits. PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.
Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).

Exploitation momentum

484 days of EPSS
dormant
Flat and low - no real exploitation pressure. This reads the direction and speed of EPSS over time, which can move before EPSS itself peaks or before CISA lists it.
Window

Severity & exploitation scoring

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CVSS base score
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 · [email protected]
EPSS exploitation probability
1.08%
Top 38%odds of exploitation in the next 30 days
CVSS metric silhouette
VectorComplexityPrivilegesInteractionScopeConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
shape grows toward worst-case
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech impact
partial
CVSS vector breakdown
Exploitability - how they get in
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Impact - what breaks
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
VECTORCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle
  1. 22 Dec 2022Published to NVD
  2. 17 Jun 2026Last modified
Every entry is a recorded date - NVD publish/modify, CISA KEV add, public exploit disclosure. No inferred events.
Attack path
Full kill chain

ATT&CK techniques

2

Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.

▤ Build a SIEM detection for these techniques

Affected Products & Versions

3

Affected Packages

4
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
AlmaLinux:8 firefox fixed in 102.3.0-6.el8_6.alma
AlmaLinux:8 thunderbird fixed in 102.3.0-3.el8_6.alma
AlmaLinux:9 firefox fixed in 102.3.0-6.el9_0.alma
AlmaLinux:9 thunderbird fixed in 102.3.0-3.el9_0.alma
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Fixed versions by distribution

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The package version that resolves this CVE on each Linux distribution, from the vendor’s published security data. fixed in shows a patched version exists; open means the package is listed as affected with no fix yet.
alpine v3.19firefox-esr fixed in 102.3.0-r0
alpine v3.20firefox-esr fixed in 102.3.0-r0
oracle allfirefox fixed in 0:102.3.0-6.0.1.el7_9
oracle allthunderbird open
rhel 8firefox fixed in 0:102.3.0-6.el8_6
rhel 8thunderbird open
rhel 9firefox open
rhel 9thunderbird open
suse sle15MozillaFirefox fixed in 0:102.3.0-150000.150.59.2
suse sle15MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE fixed in 0:102-150200.9.10.1
suse sle15MozillaFirefox-devel fixed in 0:102.3.0-150000.150.59.2
suse sle15MozillaFirefox-translations-common fixed in 0:102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
suse sle15MozillaFirefox-translations-other fixed in 0:102.3.0-150200.152.61.1
suse sle15MozillaThunderbird fixed in 0:102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
suse sle15MozillaThunderbird-translations-common fixed in 0:102.4.0-150200.8.85.1
suse sle15MozillaThunderbird-translations-other fixed in 0:102.4.0-150200.8.85.1

Sigma Hunt Rules

1
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafrhsa-2022_6700
suse-csafrhsa-2022_6702
suse-csafrhsa-2022_6708
suse-csafrhsa-2022_6710
suse-csafrhsa-2022_6711
suse-csafrhsa-2022_6717
rhsaRHSA-2022:6711Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6700Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6710Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6702Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6713Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6701Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6715Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6703Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6717Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6716Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6708Important
rhsaRHSA-2022:6707Important
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2022-40
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.