cvelistv5 - cve-2021-38492

cve-2021-38492

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-11-03 00:03

Modified

2024-08-04 01:44

Severity ?

Summary

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14	Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR

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