CVE-2021-29952 (GCVE-0-2021-29952)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-24 13:18 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:18
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Summary
When Web Render components were destructed, a race condition could have caused undefined behavior, and we presume that with enough effort may have been exploitable to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.0.1 and Firefox for Android < 88.1.3.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Race condition in Web Render Components
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 88.0.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox for Android Affected: unspecified , < 88.1.3 (custom)
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