FKIE_CVE-2021-29981
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-17 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:48
Severity
Summary
An issue present in lowering/register allocation could have led to obscure but deterministic register confusion failures in JITted code that would lead to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91 and Thunderbird < 91.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| security@mozilla.org | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1707774 | Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
| security@mozilla.org | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 | Third Party Advisory | |
| security@mozilla.org | https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/ | Vendor Advisory | |
| security@mozilla.org | https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/ | Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1707774 | Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 | Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/ | Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/ | Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:48:33.100",
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