CVE-2021-29986

A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. *Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:02

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1696138 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1696138 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-34/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-34/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-35/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-35/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-08-17 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:02


NVD link : CVE-2021-29986

Mitre link : CVE-2021-29986

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-29986


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
  • firefox_esr

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362

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