Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-23996
Published: April 19, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52335
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23996
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application allows content rendering outside of the webpage's viewport. A remote attacker can utilize 3D CSS in conjunction with JavaScript to spoof contents of a web page.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23996
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 88.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1, 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1