Vulnerability CVE-2021-23960
Published: 2021-02-26

Description:
Performing garbage collection on re-declared JavaScript variables resulted in a user-after-poison, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

Type:

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 

 References:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1675755
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-04/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-05/
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