Incorrect Calculation Affecting firefox package, versions <98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.02% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FIREFOX-2330000
  • published5 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-45960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-682  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 firefox to version 98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 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.

In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).

CVSS Scores

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