vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-43539: ELSA-2021-5013: firefox security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 7, 2021 | Dec 9, 2021 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 7, 2021
Added
Dec 9, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-firefoxoracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird
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