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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38504: Use After Free

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38504: Use After Free

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/08/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-thunderbird

References

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