Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox (opens in a new tab)
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- published3 Nov 2021
- disclosed8 Dec 2021
Introduced: 3 Nov 2021
CVE-2021-38504 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-38504
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730156
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/