Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-29982

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Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-29982

Published: August 10, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55687
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29982
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect JIT optimization and a type confusion error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page and read a single bit of memory.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED

How to mitigate CVE-2021-29982

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 91.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 91.1.0-112.71.1, 91.2.0-3.155.2, 91.2.0-8.54.1, 91.2.0-78.143.1, 91.9.0-112.104.1, 91.9.0-150000.150.34.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 91.1.0-112.71.1, 91.2.0-3.155.2, 91.2.0-8.54.1, 91.2.0-78.143.1, 91.9.0-112.104.1, 91.9.0-150000.150.34.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 91.1.0-112.71.1, 91.2.0-3.155.2, 91.2.0-8.54.1, 91.9.0-112.104.1, 91.9.0-150000.150.34.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 91.1.0-112.71.1, 91.2.0-3.155.2, 91.2.0-8.54.1, 91.9.0-112.104.1, 91.9.0-150000.150.34.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 91.1.0-112.71.1, 91.2.0-3.155.2, 91.2.0-8.54.1, 91.2.0-78.143.1, 91.9.0-112.104.1, 91.9.0-150000.150.34.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 91.2.0-3.155.2, 91.2.0-8.54.1, 91.2.0-78.143.1, 91.9.0-150000.150.34.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 91.4.0-8.45.2
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 91.4.0-8.45.2
MozillaThunderbird - update to 91.4.0-8.45.2
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 91.4.0-8.45.2
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 91.4.0-8.45.2
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE - addressed in versions 91-4.19.1, 91-9.5.1, 91-35.6.6
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED - update to 91-21.18.1

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