CVE-2021-38492

Mozilla Firefox ESR and 3 others: When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might…

CVE-2021-38492 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.1.2, released September 24, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
No vendor severity
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0116
67th percentile

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 102.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 102.0 Jun 23, 2022
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.1.2 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.1.2 Sep 24, 2021

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