CVE-2021-29980

Firefox ESR and 3 others: Uninitialized memory in a canvas object could have caused an incorrect free() leading to memory corruption…

CVE-2021-29980 is fixed in 11 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0, released August 4, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0140
72nd percentile

Uninitialized memory in a canvas object could have caused an incorrect free() leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

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
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.0.3 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.0.3 Aug 24, 2021
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:78.13.0-2.el8_4 RHSA-2021:3157 Aug 16, 2021
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
firefox · ol 8 0:78.13.0-2.0.1.el8_4 ELSA-2021-3157 Aug 17, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:78.13.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2021:3155 Aug 16, 2021
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 thunderbird 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Aug 10, 2021
thunderbird · ol 8 0:78.13.0-1.0.1.el8_4 ELSA-2021-3155 Aug 17, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Aug 10, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Aug 10, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Aug 10, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Aug 10, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Aug 10, 2021

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