CVE-2021-43545
Mozilla: Denial of Service when using the Location API in a loop
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
Using the Location API in a loop could have caused severe application hangs and crashes. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
El uso de la API de localización en un bucle podría haber causado graves cuelgues y bloqueos de la aplicación. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 91.4.0, Firefox ESR versiones anteriores a 91.4.0 y Firefox versiones anteriores a 95
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2021-11-08 CVE Reserved
- 2021-12-08 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-23 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-834: Excessive Iteration
- CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CAPEC
References (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54 | 2022-12-09 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43545 | 2021-12-09 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2030114 | 2021-12-09 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 95.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 95.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 91.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 91.4.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 91.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 91.4.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0" | - |
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