Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-23997: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
06/24/2021
08/23/2024
08/22/2024
08/23/2024
Description
Due to unexpected data type conversions, a use-after-free could have occurred when interacting with the font cache. We presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox
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