CVE-2021-23961

Firefox ESR and 1 other: Further techniques that built on the slipstream research combined with a malicious webpage could have…

CVE-2021-23961 is fixed in 10 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released January 25, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
7.4
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0148
74th percentile

Further techniques that built on the slipstream research combined with a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Aug 4, 2021
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 RHSA-2021:1360 Apr 26, 2021
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
firefox · ol 8 0:78.10.0-1.0.1.el8_3 ELSA-2021-1360 Apr 27, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:78.10.0-1.el8_3 RHSA-2021:1353 Apr 26, 2021
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 thunderbird 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 thunderbird 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
thunderbird · ol 8 0:78.10.0-1.0.1.el8_3 ELSA-2021-1353 Apr 27, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Jun 1, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Jun 1, 2021

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