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Red Hat: CVE-2021-43542: XMLHttpRequest error codes could have leaked the existence of an external protocol handler (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 8, 2021
Added
Dec 9, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

Using XMLHttpRequest, an attacker could have identified installed applications by probing error messages for loading external protocols. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

Solutions

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