CVE-2021-4140
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-22 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 17:16
Severity ?
Summary
It was possible to construct specific XSLT markup that would be able to bypass an iframe sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1746720Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1746720Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 96
Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 91.5
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