Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-23979
Published: February 23, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50890
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-2021-23979
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
Mozilla Firefox
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23979
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 86.0
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
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