PT-2021-6781 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+5

Chris Peterson

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Published

2021-08-10

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Updated

2024-12-12

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CVE-2021-29990

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 91
Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. It is associated with memory safety bugs that showed evidence of memory corruption, which could potentially be exploited.
Recommendations For versions prior to 91, update to version 91 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive resources until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-2488
ALT-PU-2021-2725
ALT-PU-2021-2849
ALT-PU-2021-2881
ALT-PU-2021-3368
ALT-PU-2021-3369
ALT-PU-2022-1781
ALT-PU-2022-1782
BDU:2022-02173
CVE-2021-29990
OESA-2023-1673
OESA-2023-1674
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1367-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:3331-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:3451-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1367-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_3331-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_3451-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
SUSE-SU-2021:14821-1
SUSE-SU-2021:14826-1
SUSE-SU-2021:3191-1
SUSE-SU-2021:3331-1
SUSE-SU-2021:3451-1
SUSE-SU-2021_14821-1
SUSE-SU-2021_14826-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1577-1
SUSE-SU-2022:1582-1
SUSE-SU-2022_1577-1
SUSE-SU-2022_1582-1
USN-5037-1
USN-5037-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Firefox
Linuxmint
Suse
Ubuntu