vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-23954

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 26, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Using the new logical assignment operators in a JavaScript switch statement could have caused a type confusion, leading to a memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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