cvelistv5 - cve-2021-29964

cve-2021-29964

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-06-24 13:15

Modified

2024-08-03 22:24

Severity ?

Summary

A locally-installed hostile program could send `WM_COPYDATA` messages that Firefox would process incorrectly, leading to an out-of-bounds read. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.11, Firefox < 89, and Firefox ESR < 78.11.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1706501	Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-24/	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-26/	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR

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