StackPatch is liveSee product

Back to CVE digest
CVE-2022-38477 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2022-38477: Mozilla developer Nika Layzell and the Mozilla Fuzzing Team reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 103 and Firefox ESR 102.1. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vul

Affects 7 Linux releases across 9 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2022-38477 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in1:102.2.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
  • thunderbird→ fixed in1:102.2.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

  • firefox-esr→ fixed in102.2.0-r0
    apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr
Are YOU affected by CVE-2022-38477?

5-second check on your actual server. Reads /etc/os-release, uname -r, and the distro's package manager; matches against this same cross-source index live.

curl https://mindsparkstack.com/scan.sh | bash
Continuous monitoring beats manual checking

CVE-2022-38477dropped silently in your distro's update channel. Every new CVE is the same story. StackPatch runs the matcher hourly against all 5 sources and emails the exact remediation when something new applies to one of your servers. $99 lifetime, 50 founder seats, 30-day refund.

See StackPatch ($99 lifetime)