CVE-2021-38493
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Summary
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 91 and Firefox ESR 78.13. 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 vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.14, Thunderbird < 78.14, and Firefox < 92.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified < 78.14 | affected |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unspecified < 78.14 | affected |
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified < 92 | affected |
Weaknesses
- Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 92, Firefox ESR 78.14 and Firefox ESR 91.1
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723391%2C1724101%2C1724107
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723391%2C1724101%2C1724107
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
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