Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2021-29960
Firefox used to cache the last filename used for printing a file. When generating a filename for printing, Firefox usually suggests the web page title. The caching and suggestion techniques combined may have lead to the title of a website visited during private browsing mode being stored on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-09 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-29960?
- CVE-2021-29960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-06-24.
- How severe is CVE-2021-29960?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.