github - ghsa-hw7m-5984-jp2q

ghsa-hw7m-5984-jp2q

Vulnerability from github

Published

2021-12-09 00:00

Modified

2022-03-17 00:06

Severity ?

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

Details

Due to an unusual sequence of attacker-controlled events, a Javascript alert() dialog with arbitrary (although unstyled) contents could be displayed over top an uncontrolled webpage of the attacker's choosing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

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cve-2021-38509

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-12-08 21:21

Modified

2024-08-04 01:44

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1718571	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

Version

▼

Mozilla

Firefox

Version: unspecified < 94

	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Version: unspecified < 91.3
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Version: unspecified < 91.3

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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