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ghsa-qq3m-5g62-2hhj

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 19:19

Modified

2024-10-21 15:32

Severity ?

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

Details

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.

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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
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107	x_refsource_MISC
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR

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