CVE-2021-38493

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38493
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-38493
Downstream
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Published
2021-11-03T01:15:07Z
Modified
2025-07-01T12:43:13.457799Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 91 and Firefox ESR 78.13. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.14, Thunderbird < 78.14, and Firefox < 92.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.14.0esr-1~deb11u1

Affected versions

78.*

78.12.0esr-1
78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
78.13.0esr-1~deb10u1
78.13.0esr-1~deb11u1
78.13.0esr-1
78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1
78.14.0esr-1~deb10u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.14.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.14.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:11 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.14.0-1~deb11u1

Affected versions

1:78.*

1:78.12.0-1
1:78.13.0-1~deb9u1
1:78.13.0-1~deb10u1
1:78.13.0-1~deb11u1
1:78.13.0-1
1:78.14.0-1~deb9u1
1:78.14.0-1~deb10u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.14.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.14.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}