Use After Free Affecting MozillaFirefox-translations-other package, versions <91.3.0-150.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-MOZILLAFIREFOXTRANSLATIONSOTHER-2655508
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Nov 2021

Introduced: 10 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-38504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 MozillaFirefox-translations-other to version 91.3.0-150.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream MozillaFirefox-translations-other package and not the MozillaFirefox-translations-other package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1