CVE-2021-29975 Affecting firefox package, versions <90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2104-FIREFOX-1319294
  • published15 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Aug 2021

Introduced: 15 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-29975  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:21.04 firefox to version 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 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:21.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Through a series of DOM manipulations, a message, over which the attacker had control of the text but not HTML or formatting, could be overlaid on top of another domain (with the new domain correctly shown in the address bar) resulting in possible user confusion. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1