CVE-2021-23978

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 85 and Firefox ESR 78.7. 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, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mozillaCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 72%
VendorProductVersion
mozillafirefox
𝑥
< 86.0
mozillafirefox_esr
𝑥
< 78.8
mozillathunderbird
𝑥
< 78.8
debiandebian_linux
9.0
debiandebian_linux
10.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
firefox
sid
132.0.1-1
fixed
firefox-esr
bullseye
115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
bullseye (security)
128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
trixie
128.3.1esr-2
fixed
sid
128.4.0esr-1
fixed
thunderbird
bullseye
1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1
fixed
bullseye (security)
1:128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
1:128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
sid
1:128.4.0esr-1
fixed
trixie
1:128.4.0esr-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
firefox
noble
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
mantic
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
lunar
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
kinetic
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
jammy
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
impish
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
hirsute
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu1
released
groovy
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
released
focal
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
released
bionic
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
released
xenial
Fixed 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
released
trusty
dne
firefox-esr
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
mozjs38
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
mozjs52
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
ignored
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
mozjs60
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
mozjs68
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
ignored
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
mozjs78
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
ignored
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
thunderbird
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
impish
not-affected
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
Fixed 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
released
focal
Fixed 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
released
bionic
Fixed 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
released
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=786797%2C1682928%2C1687391%2C1687597
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=786797%2C1682928%2C1687391%2C1687597
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/