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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-23960

Performing garbage collection on re-declared JavaScript variables resulted in a user-after-poison, and a potentially exploitable crash.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Performing garbage collection on re-declared JavaScript variables resulted in a user-after-poison, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.20% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.