Improper Privilege Management Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <78.10.0esr-1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.34% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
6.1 medium
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-FIREFOXESR-1546461
  • published 20 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 24 Jun 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 firefox-esr to version 78.10.0esr-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

If a Blob URL was loaded through some unusual user interaction, it could have been loaded by the System Principal and granted additional privileges that should not be granted to web content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.