vulnerability

MFSA2021-15 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.10 (CVE-2021-23999)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2021
Added
Apr 20, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

If a Blob URL was loaded through some unusual user interaction, it could have been loaded by the System Principal and granted additional privileges that should not be granted to web content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Solution

mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-78_10
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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