vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-43538: Race Condition

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 8, 2021
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

Solutions

alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esralpine-linux-upgrade-firefoxalpine-linux-upgrade-thunderbirdalpine-linux-upgrade-librewolf
Title
Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.