Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR



Published: 2021-02-23
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 10
CVE-ID CVE-2021-23969
CVE-2021-23970
CVE-2021-23968
CVE-2021-23974
CVE-2021-23971
CVE-2021-23972
CVE-2021-23975
CVE-2021-23973
CVE-2021-23978
CVE-2021-23979
CWE-ID CWE-358
CWE-617
CWE-79
CWE-254
CWE-451
CWE-399
CWE-200
CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Mozilla Firefox
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Firefox ESR
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Vendor Mozilla

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 10 vulnerabilities.

1) Improperly implemented security check for standard

EUVDB-ID: #VU50879

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23969

CWE-ID: CWE-358 - Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of W3C Content Security Policy. Under certain types of redirects Firefox incorrectly sets the source file to be the destination of the redirects. A remote attacker can gain knowledge of the destination URL.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 60.0 - 85.0.2

Firefox ESR: 60.0 - 78.7.1

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Reachable Assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU50880

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23970

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in multithreaded wasm code, when validating separation of script domains. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger an assertion failure and bypass implemented security restrictions.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 80.0 - 85.0.2

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Improperly implemented security check for standard

EUVDB-ID: #VU50881

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23968

CWE-ID: CWE-358 - Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of W3C Content Security Policy. If Content Security Policy blocked frame navigation, the full destination of a redirect served in the frame was reported in the violation report; as opposed to the original frame URI. A remote attacker can gain knowledge of sensitive information contained in such URIs.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 60.0 - 85.0.2

Firefox ESR: 60.0 - 78.7.1

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU50882

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23974

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The DOMParser API did not properly process <noscript> elements for escaping. A remote attacker can bypass HTML Sanitizer and perform XSS attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 80.0 - 85.0.2

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU50883

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23971

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing a redirect with a conflicting Referrer-Policy. The browser adopts redirect's Referrer-Policy, which may result in disclosure of more information than intended by the original origin.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 80.0 - 85.0.2

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Spoofing attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU50886

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23972

CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of cached redirects with HTTP authentication. A remote attacker can force the browser not to display a phishing warning dialog, if the malicious website was previously cached by the browser.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 80.0 - 85.0.2

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU50887

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23975

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The developer page about:memory has a Measure function for exploring what object types the browser has allocated and their sizes. When this function was invoked, the browser called the sizeof function instead of using the API method that checks for invalid pointers.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 80.0 - 85.0.2

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU50888

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23973

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output via a decoding error, when trying to load a cross-origin resource in an audio/video context. A remote attacker can gain access to information about the resource.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 6.0 - 85.0.2

Firefox ESR: 60.0 - 78.7.1

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU50889

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23978

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 60.0 - 85.0.2

Firefox ESR: 60.0 - 78.7.1

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU50890

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23979

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 80.0 - 85.0.2

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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