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Unscored CVE-2021-29972 EUVD-2021-16431GHSA-cx7x-p2rh-c2m2

A use-after-free vulnerability was found via testing, and traced to an out-of-date Cairo library. Updating the library resolved the issue, …

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

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found via testing, and traced to an out-of-date Cairo library. Updating the library resolved the issue, and may have remediated other, unknown security vulnerabilities as well. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
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
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 18.04 LTS firefox 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-5011-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
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 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 90.0-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 90.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox 90.0-r0 —

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