vulnerability
MFSA2021-44 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.15 (CVE-2021-38500)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 5, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 5, 2021
Added
Oct 6, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 92 and Firefox ESR 91.1. 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 Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-78_15
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