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CVE-2021-29991 (GCVE-0-2021-29991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-03 00:04 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:24
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Summary
Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header, interpretting it as two separate headers. This allowed for a header splitting attack against servers using HTTP/3. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91.0.1 and Thunderbird < 91.0.1.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Header Splitting possible with HTTP/3 Responses
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 91.0.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 91.0.1 (custom)
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