Linux · Security advisory · January 27, 2021

RHSA-2021:0288: firefox security update

RHSA-2021:0288, released January 27, 2021, fixes 5 CVEs in firefox (version 0:78.7.0-2.el8_3). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVEs closed
5
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.0164
76th percentile

Priority of the 5 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 0 High 3 Routine 2

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
firefoxRHEL 80:78.7.0-2.el8_3

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
High CVE-2021-23964 Firefox ESR and 2 others: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 84 and Firefox ESR 78.6. 8.8 0.0136 None reported
High CVE-2021-23960 Firefox ESR and 2 others: Performing garbage collection on re-declared JavaScript variables resulted in a user-after-poison, and… 8.8 0.0129 None reported
High CVE-2021-23954 Firefox ESR and 2 others: Using the new logical assignment operators in a JavaScript switch statement could have caused a type… 8.8 0.0119 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-26976 Firefox ESR and 1 other: When a HTTPS pages was embedded in a HTTP page, and there was a service worker registered for the former,… 6.5 0.0164 None reported
Routine CVE-2021-23953 Firefox ESR and 2 others: If a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confused into leaking cross-origin… 4.3 0.0106 None reported
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