CVE-2021-29972

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-29972
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-05 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-25 15:14:00 UTC
DescriptionA use-after-free vulnerability was found via testing, and traced to an out-of-date Cairo library. Updating the library resolved the issue, and may have remediated other, unknown security vulnerabilities as well. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 90 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202202-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375712 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2021-28)
  • 502079 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503850 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 710574 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202202-03)
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