Race condition in Firefox for Android - CVE-2021-23977

 

Race condition in Firefox for Android - CVE-2021-23977

Published: February 23, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50885
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23977
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Firefox for Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a malicious application to read sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. A local application can read sensitive data from Firefox directories.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-23977

Install updates from vendor's website.

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