CVE-2021-29986
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29986
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-29986.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-29986
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-08-17T20:15:07Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.
- References
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- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1696138
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-34/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-35/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/