CVE-2021-29952

Firefox ESR and 1 other: When Web Render components were destructed, a race condition could have caused undefined behavior, and…

CVE-2021-29952 is fixed in 4 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, released May 6, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
7.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0074
54th percentile

When Web Render components were destructed, a race condition could have caused undefined behavior, and we presume that with enough effort may have been exploitable to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.0.1 and Firefox for Android < 88.1.3.

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 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 May 6, 2021
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 May 6, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 firefox-geckodriver 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 May 6, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 firefox-geckodriver 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 May 6, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 firefox-mozsymbols 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 May 6, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 firefox-mozsymbols 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 May 6, 2021

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