VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-23995
We presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
When Responsive Design Mode was enabled, it used references to objects that were previously freed. We presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.
- 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
- 1.18% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-672
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699835Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699835Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.