CVE-2021-43538

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedDec 8, 2021
First seenDec 8, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox95.0 or later
  • mozilla firefox_esr91.4.0 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird91.4.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 95.095.0
mozilla firefox_esrv < 91.4.091.4.0
mozilla thunderbirdv < 91.4.091.4.0
debian debian_linux9.0, 10.0, 11.0—

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