CVE-2021-38501

High

Description

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 92 and Firefox ESR 91.1. 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 < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedNov 3, 2021
First seenNov 3, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox93.0 or later
  • mozilla firefox_esr91.2 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird91.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 93.093.0
mozilla firefox_esrv < 91.291.2
mozilla thunderbirdv < 91.291.2

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CVE-2021-38501 · Mozilla Firefox · Dark Radar