CVE-2021-29970
Published: 14 July 2021
A malicious webpage could have triggered a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug could only be triggered when accessibility was enabled.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.12, Firefox ESR < 78.12, and Firefox < 90.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
impish |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
| kinetic |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
|
|
| bionic |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
|
| focal |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
| groovy |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(90)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(90.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
|
mozjs38 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
impish |
Does not exist
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| bionic |
Needs triage
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs52 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
impish |
Does not exist
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| bionic |
Needs triage
|
|
| focal |
Needs triage
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs68 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
impish |
Does not exist
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Needs triage
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs78 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
focal |
Does not exist
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| lunar |
Needs triage
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Released
(1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.2)
|
|
| impish |
Released
(1:78.12.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(1:78.12.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(1:78.12.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(78.12)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
|
|
| focal |
Released
(1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(1:78.12.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29970
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/#CVE-2021-29970
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-29/#CVE-2021-29970
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-30/#CVE-2021-29970
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5011-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5058-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian