CVE-2021-23953Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 26
Latest updateMay 24

Description

If a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confused into leaking cross-origin information, when said information is served as chunked data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages7 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefox< 85
NVDmozilla/firefox< 85.0
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esr< 78.7
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbird< 78.7

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8w82-qfxh-635c: If a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confused into leaking cross-origin information, when said information is se2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2021-23953: If a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confused into leaking cross-origin information, when said information is se2021-02-26
OSV
CVE-2021-23953: If a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confused into leaking cross-origin information, when said information is se2021-02-26

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2021-02-16
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2021-02-01
Red Hat
Mozilla: Cross-origin information leakage via redirected PDF requests2021-01-26
Debian
CVE-2021-23953: firefox - If a user clicked into a specifically crafted PDF, the PDF reader could be confu...2021
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-05: CVE-2021-23953
CVE-2021-23953 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase