github - ghsa-q4gq-74cq-85g9

ghsa-q4gq-74cq-85g9

Vulnerability from github

Published

2021-12-09 00:00

Modified

2022-03-18 00:01

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.

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cve-2021-43528

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-12-08 21:21

Modified

2024-08-04 03:55

Severity ?

Summary

References

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	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742579	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Version: unspecified < 91.4.0

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