Race Condition Affecting firefox package, versions <91.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.69% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-1538503
  • published11 Aug 2021
  • disclosed17 Aug 2021

Introduced: 11 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-29986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 91.0-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

CVSS Scores

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