CVE-2021-23973
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-26 01:53
Modified
2024-08-03 19:14
Severity ?
Summary
When trying to load a cross-origin resource in an audio/video context a decoding error may have resulted, and the content of that error may have revealed information about the resource. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1690976Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox ESR
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