CVE-2021-38501
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-03 00:02
Modified
2024-08-04 01:44
Severity ?
Summary
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 92 and Firefox ESR 91.1. 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 vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1685354%2C1715755%2C1723176Broken Link
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1685354%2C1715755%2C1723176Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/Vendor Advisory
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 93
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   Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 91.2
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 91.2
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