vulnerability
MFSA2021-16 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 88 (CVE-2021-23997)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 19, 2021 | Apr 20, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2021
Added
Apr 20, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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
mozilla-firefox-upgrade-88_0
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