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Red Hat: CVE-2021-23999: CVE-2021-23999 Mozilla: Blob URLs may have been granted additional privileges (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-23999: CVE-2021-23999 Mozilla: Blob URLs may have been granted additional privileges (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/26/2021
Created
04/27/2021
Added
04/27/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

If a Blob URL was loaded through some unusual user interaction, it could have been loaded by the System Principal and granted additional privileges that should not be granted to web content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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