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Unscored CVE-2021-29970 EUVD-2021-16429GHSA-822v-pgr4-6w5g

A malicious webpage could have triggered a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug could only be …

Published Aug 5, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

A malicious webpage could have triggered a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug could only be triggered when accessibility was enabled.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.12, Firefox ESR < 78.12, and Firefox < 90.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Thunderbird unspecified – < 78.12 78.12
Mozilla Firefox ESR unspecified – < 78.12 78.12
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – < 90 90

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
Debian 14 firefox-esr 78.12.0esr-1 —
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:78.12.0-1 —
Debian 13 firefox-esr 78.12.0esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:78.12.0-1 —
Debian 12 firefox-esr 78.12.0esr-1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:78.12.0-1 —
Debian 10 firefox-esr 78.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 DSA-4939-1
Debian 10 thunderbird 1:78.12.0-1~deb10u1 DSA-4940-1
Debian 9 firefox-esr 78.12.0esr-1~deb9u1 DLA-2709-1
Debian 9 thunderbird 1:78.12.0-1~deb9u1 DLA-2711-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mozjs78 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 USN-5011-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mozjs52 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS thunderbird 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 USN-5058-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS firefox 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-5011-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-5058-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 firefox 78.12.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2021:2743
RHEL 8 thunderbird 78.12.0-3.el8_4 RHSA-2021:2883
RHEL 7 firefox 78.12.0-1.el7_9 RHSA-2021:2741
RHEL 7 thunderbird 78.12.0-2.el7_9 RHSA-2021:2881
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.2 EUS firefox 78.12.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2021:2742
RHEL 8.2 EUS thunderbird 78.12.0-2.el8_2 RHSA-2021:2914
RHEL 8.1 EUS firefox 78.12.0-1.el8_1 RHSA-2021:2740
RHEL 8.1 EUS thunderbird 78.12.0-2.el8_1 RHSA-2021:2882

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 firefox 78.12.0-1.el8_4 RLSA-2021:2743
Rocky Linux 8 thunderbird 78.12.0-3.el8_4 RLSA-2021:2883
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-8.46.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2393-1
SLES 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird 78.12.0-8.33.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2458-1
SLES 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-8.46.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2393-1
SLES 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird 78.12.0-8.33.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2458-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SLES 15 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SLES 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
Show 20 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SLES 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SLES 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-78.134.1 SUSE-SU-2021:14766-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SLES for SAP 15 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SLE HPC 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SLE HPC 15 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-112.65.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2389-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-3.147.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2478-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 92.0-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.1.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-8.46.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:2393-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaThunderbird 78.12.0-8.33.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:2458-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 MozillaFirefox 78.12.0-lp152.2.61.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1066-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 MozillaThunderbird 78.12.0-lp152.2.48.2 openSUSE-SU-2021:1091-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 librewolf 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 thunderbird 91.3.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox-esr 78.12.0-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 78.13.0-1.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2021-1709

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 firefox 78.12.0-1.0.1.el8_4 ELSA-2021-2743
Oracle Linux 8 thunderbird 78.12.0-3.0.1.el8_4 ELSA-2021-2883
Oracle Linux 7 firefox 78.12.0-1.0.1.el7_9 ELSA-2021-2741
Oracle Linux 7 thunderbird 78.12.0-2.0.1.el7_9 ELSA-2021-2881

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