CVE-2021-29990
Published: 11 August 2021
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 90. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 8.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
| focal |
Released
(91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Released
(91.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1)
|
|
| impish |
Released
(91.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(91.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(91)
|
|
| xenial |
Needed
|
|
|
mozjs38 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs52 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
| focal |
Needs triage
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs68 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Needs triage
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs78 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Needs triage
|
|
| jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29990
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/#CVE-2021-29990
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5037-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian