CVE-2021-23988

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Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 86. 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 < 87.

8.8 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1684994%2C1686653 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1684994%2C1686653 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 05:52

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References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1684994%2C1686653 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1684994%2C1686653 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ - Vendor Advisory

03 May 2022, 16:04

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CWE CWE-119 CWE-787

06 Aug 2021, 18:17

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References
  • {'url': 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10', 'name': 'GLSA-202104-10', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'GENTOO'}

02 Jun 2021, 14:48

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References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ - Vendor Advisory (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ - Vendor Advisory, Vendor Advisory
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 - Third Party Advisory, Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2021-03-31 14:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:52

NVD link : CVE-2021-23988

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23988

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23988

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write