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Unscored CVE-2021-43538 EUVD-2021-30467GHSA-9mvw-9c9q-7cmm

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full scr…

Published Dec 8, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Thunderbird unspecified – < 91.4.0 91.4.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR unspecified – < 91.4.0 91.4.0
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – < 95 95

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 91.4.0esr-1 —
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:91.4.0-1 —
Debian 13 firefox-esr 91.4.0esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:91.4.0-1 —
Debian 12 firefox-esr 91.4.0esr-1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:91.4.0-1 —
Debian 11 firefox-esr 91.4.1esr-1~deb11u1 DSA-5026-1
Debian 11 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 DSA-5034-1
Debian 10 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1~deb10u1 DSA-5034-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 9 firefox-esr 91.4.1esr-1~deb9u1 DLA-2863-1
Debian 9 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1~deb9u1 DLA-2874-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS firefox 95.0+build1-0ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mozjs78 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 95.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 USN-5186-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mozjs52 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 USN-5248-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS firefox 95.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-5186-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-5248-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 firefox 91.4.0-1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5013
RHEL 8 thunderbird 91.4.0-2.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5045
RHEL 7 firefox 91.4.0-1.el7_9 RHSA-2021:5014
RHEL 7 thunderbird 91.4.0-3.el7_9 RHSA-2021:5046
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.4 EUS firefox 91.4.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2021:5015
RHEL 8.4 EUS thunderbird 91.4.0-2.el8_4 RHSA-2021:5048
RHEL 8.2 EUS firefox 91.4.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2021:5016
RHEL 8.2 EUS thunderbird 91.4.0-2.el8_2 RHSA-2021:5047
RHEL 8.1 E4S firefox 91.4.0-1.el8_1 RHSA-2021:5017
RHEL 8.1 E4S thunderbird 91.4.0-2.el8_1 RHSA-2021:5055

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 firefox 91.4.0-1.el8_5.alma ALSA-2021:5013
AlmaLinux 8 thunderbird 91.4.0-2.el8_5.alma ALSA-2021:5045

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 firefox 91.4.0-1.el8_5 RLSA-2021:5013
Rocky Linux 8 thunderbird 91.4.0-2.el8_5 RLSA-2021:5045
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-152.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3993-1
SLES 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird 91.4.0-8.45.2 SUSE-SU-2021:4150-1
SLES 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-152.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3993-1
SLES 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird 91.4.0-8.45.2 SUSE-SU-2021:4150-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
SLES 15 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
SLES 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
Show 17 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SLES 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SLES 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-78.154.1 SUSE-SU-2021:14859-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
SLES for SAP 15 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SLE HPC 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
SLE HPC 15 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-112.83.1 SUSE-SU-2021:4000-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-150.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:3995-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 95.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11669-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.4.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11670-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-152.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:3993-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaThunderbird 91.4.0-8.45.2 openSUSE-SU-2021:4150-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 MozillaFirefox 91.4.0-lp152.2.74.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1575-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 MozillaThunderbird 91.4.0-lp152.2.52.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1635-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 librewolf 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 firefox 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 95.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox-esr +1 91.4.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox-esr 91.4.0-r0 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 firefox 91.4.0-1.0.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5013
Oracle Linux 8 thunderbird 91.4.0-2.0.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5045
Oracle Linux 7 firefox 91.4.0-1.0.1.el7_9 ELSA-2021-5014
Oracle Linux 7 thunderbird 91.4.0-3.0.1.el7_9 ELSA-2021-5046

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