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Red Hat: CVE-2021-29985: CVE-2021-29985 Mozilla: Use-after-free media channels (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2021-29985: CVE-2021-29985 Mozilla: Use-after-free media channels (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2021-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-416, Red Hat, 2021, 29985, 29985 Mozilla, redhat-upgrade-firefox, redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource, redhat-upgrade-thunderbird, redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo, redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource, Severity 7

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Aug 16, 2021

Added

Aug 17, 2021

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in media channels could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-firefoxredhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginforedhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-thunderbirdredhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginforedhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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