Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2021-43534
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 93 and Firefox ESR 91.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.012 (65.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox_esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-43534?
- CVE-2021-43534 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-12-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-43534?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.