CVE-2021-43538

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html - Mailing List, Third Party 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.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-12-08 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:29


NVD link : CVE-2021-43538

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43538


JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
  • firefox_esr

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-362

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