Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.59% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FIREFOX-1910482
  • published3 Nov 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2021

Introduced: 3 Nov 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 firefox to version 94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1