Use-fater-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-23995

 

Use-fater-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-23995

Published: April 19, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52334
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23995
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input, when Responsive Design Mode is enabled. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger a use-after-fee error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-23995

Install updates from vendor's website.

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