CVE-2021-43538

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Aug 2022, 20:15

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References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 -

16 Mar 2022, 17:13

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References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 - (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 - Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

22 Feb 2022, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 -

04 Jan 2022, 12:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html -

03 Jan 2022, 11:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 -

29 Dec 2021, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html -

21 Dec 2021, 20:43

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 - (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 - Third Party Advisory

20 Dec 2021, 00:15

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References
  • (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 -

10 Dec 2021, 16:45

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CWE CWE-362
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.3
v3 : 4.3
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory

08 Dec 2021, 22:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-12-08 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08


NVD link : CVE-2021-43538

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43538


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox_esr
  • thunderbird
  • firefox

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')