Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <90.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.39% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-FIREFOX-5514168
  • published7 Aug 2021
  • disclosed5 Aug 2021

Introduced: 5 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-29970  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 firefox to version 90.0-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.

A malicious webpage could have triggered a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This bug could only be triggered when accessibility was enabled.. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.12, Firefox ESR < 78.12, and Firefox < 90.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1