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Unscored CVE-2021-23997 EUVD-2021-10917GHSA-v254-2gqm-j372

Due to unexpected data type conversions, a use-after-free could have occurred when interacting with the font cache. We presume that with en…

Published Jun 24, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

Due to unexpected data type conversions, a use-after-free could have occurred when interacting with the font cache. We presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – < 88 88

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mozjs78 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 USN-4926-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mozjs52 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 USN-4926-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 USN-4926-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 92.0-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 librewolf 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 88.0-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 firefox 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox 88.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox 88.0-r0 —

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