Vulnerability CVE-2021-38504


Published: 2021-12-08

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-416

(Use After Free)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 

 References:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730156
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/

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