Insecure Encryption Affecting mozilla package, versions [,78.9)(78.9,87.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377546
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-23982  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-326  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 78.9, 87.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Encryption. Using techniques that built on the slipstream research, a malicious webpage could have scanned both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine utilizing WebRTC connections. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.9, Firefox < 87, and Thunderbird < 78.9.

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