Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <91.2.0esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOXESR-1728418
  • published6 Oct 2021
  • disclosed3 Nov 2021

Introduced: 6 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-38496  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox-esr to version 91.2.0esr-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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

During operations on MessageTasks, a task may have been removed while it was still scheduled, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.

CVSS Scores

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