CVE-2021-38504
published 2021-12-08CVE-2021-38504: When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption…
PriorityP338high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.59%
72.6th percentile
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
Affected
21 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox | < firefox 94.0-1 (sid) | firefox 94.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 94.0-1 (sid) | firefox 94.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 94.0-1 (sid) | firefox 94.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 94.0 | 94.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 94.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 94 | 94 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | < 91.3.0 | 91.3.0 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 91.3 | 91.3 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 91.3.0 | 91.3.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 | 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.3.0-1 | 1:91.3.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.3.0-1 | 1:91.3.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.3.0-1 | 1:91.3.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 91.3 | 91.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv10.0CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu10.0CRITICAL
vendor_debian8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-01-21·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2022-22742 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, trick a user into accepting unwanted
permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks,
bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982,
CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991, CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496,
CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501,
CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507,
CVE-2021-38508,
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-11-18
CVE-2021-38503 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
bypass security restrictions, spoof the UI, confuse the user, conduct
phishing attacks, or execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-11-03·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2021-38507 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass security
restrictions, spoof the browser UI, confuse the user, conduct phishing
attacks, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504,
CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507, CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509)
It was discovered that the 'Copy Image Link' context menu action
would copy the final image URL after redirects. If a user were tricked
into copying and pasting a link for an embedded image that triggered
authentication flows back to the page, an att
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free in file picker dialog
vendor_redhat·2021-11-02·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-38504 [HIGH] CWE-416 Mozilla: Use-after-free in file picker dialog
Mozilla: Use-after-free in file picker dialog
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with `webkitdirectory` set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2021-38504: firefox - When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdire...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-38504 [HIGH] CVE-2021-38504: firefox - When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdire...
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 94.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-49: CVE-2021-38504
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-38504 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-49: CVE-2021-38504
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-49
CVE: CVE-2021-38504
Product: Firefox ESR
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox ESR 91.3
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-50: CVE-2021-38504
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-38504 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-50: CVE-2021-38504
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-50
CVE: CVE-2021-38504
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: high
Fixed in: Thunderbird 91.3
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-48: CVE-2021-38504
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-38504 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-48: CVE-2021-38504
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-48
CVE: CVE-2021-38504
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 94
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2022-01-21·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-4129 [HIGH] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, trick a user into accepting unwanted
permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks,
bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982,
CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991, CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496,
CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501,
CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507,
CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509, CVE-2021-43534, CVE-2021-43535,
CVE-2021-43536, CVE
GHSA
GHSA-53f7-m98p-5ggp: When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory cor
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-09
CVE-2021-38504 [CRITICAL] CWE-416 GHSA-53f7-m98p-5ggp: When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory cor
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
OSV
CVE-2021-38504: When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory cor
osv·2021-12-08·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-38504 [HIGH] CVE-2021-38504: When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory cor
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with webkitdirectory set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2021-11-03·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2021-38503 [CRITICAL] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass security
restrictions, spoof the browser UI, confuse the user, conduct phishing
attacks, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504,
CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507, CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509)
It was discovered that the 'Copy Image Link' context menu action
would copy the final image URL after redirects. If a user were tricked
into copying and pasting a link for an embedded image that triggered
authentication flows back to the page, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to steal authentication tokens.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730156https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730156https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/
2021-12-08
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