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CVE-2021-38500

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 93, Firefox ESR 78.15, and Firefox ESR 91.2

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 92 and Firefox ESR 91.1. 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 Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.

Los desarrolladores de Mozilla informaron de bugs de seguridad de memoria presentes en Firefox 92 y Firefox ESR 91.1. Algunos de estos bugs mostraban evidencias de corrupción de memoria y suponemos que con suficiente esfuerzo algunos de ellos podrían haber sido explotados para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 78.15, Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 91.2, Firefox ESR versiones anteriores a 91.2, Firefox ESR versiones anteriores a 78.15 y Firefox versiones anteriores a 93

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-08-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-10-11 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-19 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla
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Firefox
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< 93.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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< 78.15
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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>= 91.0 < 91.2
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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< 78.15
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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>= 91.0 < 91.2
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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9.0
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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10.0
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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11.0
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