Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-29972
Published: July 13, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54681
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4 BT: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29972
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in an outdated Cairo library. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-29972
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 90.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1, 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1, 90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1