CVE-2021-29967

Summary

CVECVE-2021-29967
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-24 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-09 18:30:00 UTC
DescriptionMozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 88 and Firefox ESR 78.11. 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 Thunderbird < 78.11, Firefox < 89, and Firefox ESR < 78.11.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.11 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Bug List MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 89 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.11 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159241 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2021-2206)
  • 159242 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2021-2233)
  • 159247 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2021-2263)
  • 159248 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2021-2264)
  • 178651 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DSA 4925-1)
  • 178653 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DSA 4927-1)
  • 178655 Debian Security Update for firefox-esr (DLA 2673-1)
  • 178662 Debian Security Update for thunderbird (DLA 2679-1)
  • 179684 Debian Security Update for firefox-esrthunderbird (CVE-2021-29967)
  • 198397 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-4978-1)
  • 198415 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4995-1)
  • 198424 Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4995-2)
  • 239360 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2264)
  • 239361 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2262)
  • 239367 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2021:2233)
  • 239370 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2021:2214)
  • 239371 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2021:2208)
  • 239372 Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2021:2206)
  • 239416 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2263)
  • 239417 Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2261)
  • 257094 CentOS Security Update for firefox (CESA-2021:2206)
  • 296053 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 35.94.4 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 352456 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2021-1681
  • 375606 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2021-23)
  • 375607 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2021-24)
  • 375609 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2021-26)
  • 500934 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 501558 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 501616 Alpine Linux Security Update for mozjs78
  • 502381 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503632 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503634 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503650 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503669 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503849 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 506260 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 630721 Mozilla Firefox For Android Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 710585 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14)
  • 750119 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2021:1884-1)
  • 750123 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2021:1886-1)
  • 750141 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2021:1919-1)
  • 750166 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2021:0858-1)
  • 750714 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:0910-1)
  • 750815 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2021:2003-1)
  • 750823 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2021:1884-1)
  • 940023 AlmaLinux Security Update for thunderbird (ALSA-2021:2264)
  • 940124 AlmaLinux Security Update for firefox (ALSA-2021:2233)
  • 960045 Rocky Linux Security Update for thunderbird (RLSA-2021:2264)
  • 960086 Rocky Linux Security Update for firefox (RLSA-2021:2233)
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