CVE-2021-43538
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-08 21:20
Modified
2024-08-04 04:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
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