CVE-2021-38494

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 91. 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 < 92.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723920%2C1725638	Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723920%2C1725638	Broken Link
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723920%2C1725638 - Broken Link~~	() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723920%2C1725638 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-11-03 01:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:17

NVD link : CVE-2021-38494

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38494

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38494

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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