VDB
CVE-2021-23979
CVE-2021-23979
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 85. 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 < 86.
EPSS 0.93% · 59.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.93%
59.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mozjs52 | 52.3.1-0ubuntu3, 0, 52.3.1-7fakesync1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | mozjs52 | 0, 52.9.1-1ubuntu3, 52.9.1-1build1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs78 | 78.13.0-1, 78.15.0-4ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | firefox | 63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mozjs38 | 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu1, 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3, * |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | mozjs68 | 0, 68.6.0-1ubuntu1, 68.5.0-1~fakesync |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | firefox | 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 82.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | *, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Feb 24, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 11, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23979 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/#CVE-2021-23979 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1663222%2C1666607%2C1672120%2C1678463%2C1678927%2C1679560%2C1681297%2C1681684%2C1683490%2C1684377%2C1684902 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4756-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23979 third-party-advisory