CVE-2021-23953

Summary

CVECVE-2021-23953
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-26 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-03 21:05:00 UTC
DescriptionIf a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confused into leaking cross-origin information, when said information is served as chunked data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 85 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.7 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.7 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174740 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2021:0246-1)
  • 180096 Debian Security Update for thunderbirdfirefox-esr (CVE-2021-23953)
  • 296069 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 31.88.5 Missing (CPUJAN2021)
  • 375430 SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 500940 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 502378 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 750377 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2021:0223-1)
  • 750378 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2021:0222-1)
  • 750379 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:0208-1)
  • 750380 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:0209-1)
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