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ghsa-2jvx-947v-x43p

Vulnerability from github

Published

2021-12-09 00:00

Modified

2022-03-17 00:06

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Using XMLHttpRequest, an attacker could have identified installed applications by probing error messages for loading external protocols. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

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  ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-08T22:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "modified": "2022-03-17T00:06:36Z",
  "published": "2021-12-09T00:00:16Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html"
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    },
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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cve-2021-43542

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-12-08 21:19

Modified

2024-08-04 04:03

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1723281	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR
	Mozilla	Firefox

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