CVE-2021-38498
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-03 00:03
Modified
2024-08-04 01:44
Severity ?
Summary
During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729642Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox ESR
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