CVE-2021-43534
Publication date 8 December 2021
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 93 and Firefox ESR 91.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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firefox | ||
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
thunderbird | ||
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.8 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5248-1
- Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- 21 January 2022
Other references
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/#CVE-2021-43534
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/#CVE-2021-43534
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/#CVE-2021-43534
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1606864%2C1712671%2C1730048%2C1735152
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43534