Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox package, versions <95.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-FIREFOX-5514148
  • published24 May 2022
  • disclosed8 Dec 2021

Introduced: 8 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-43544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 firefox to version 95.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.

When receiving a URL through a SEND intent, Firefox would have searched for the text, but subsequent usages of the address bar might have caused the URL to load unintentionally, which could lead to XSS and spoofing attacks. This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 95.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1