Buffer overflow in Firefox ESR and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-23978

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Buffer overflow in Firefox ESR and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-23978

Published: February 23, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50889
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23978
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
CentOS
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
HPE Helion Openstack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
mozjs78 (Alpine package)
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2021-23978

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - update to 78.8.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 86.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 78.8.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 78.8.0esr-1~deb10u1
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 78.8.0-r0
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 78.8.0-1~deb10u1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 78.8.0-1.el7_9, 78.8.0-1.el8_1, 78.8.0-1.el8_2, 78.8.0-1.el8_3
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 78.8.0-1.el7_9, 78.8.0-1.el8_1, 78.8.0-1.el8_2, 78.8.0-1.el8_3
mozjs78 (Alpine package) - update to 78.8.0-r0
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 78.8.0-3.133.1, 78.8.0-8.32.2, 78.8.0-78.120.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 78.8.0-3.133.1, 78.8.0-8.32.2, 78.8.0-78.120.1, 78.8.0-112.51.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 78.8.0-3.133.1, 78.8.0-8.32.2, 78.8.0-112.51.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 78.8.0-3.133.1, 78.8.0-8.32.2, 78.8.0-112.51.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 78.8.0-3.133.1, 78.8.0-8.32.2, 78.8.0-78.120.1, 78.8.0-112.51.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 78.8.0-3.133.1, 78.8.0-8.32.2, 78.8.0-78.120.1, 78.8.0-112.51.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 78.8.0-8.15.4
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 78.8.0-8.15.4
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 78.8.0-8.15.4
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 78.8.0-8.15.4
MozillaThunderbird - update to 78.8.0-8.15.4
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1

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