CVE-2021-38498
Published: 3 November 2021
During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
focal |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
hirsute |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.1)
|
|
impish |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu2)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu2)
|
|
kinetic |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu2)
|
|
lunar |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu2)
|
|
mantic |
Released
(93.0+build1-0ubuntu2)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(93)
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
|
|
mozjs38 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
impish |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
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
|
|
kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
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
|
|
kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
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
(end of life)
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
focal |
Released
(1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
impish |
Released
(1:91.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(1:91.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
kinetic |
Released
(1:91.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
lunar |
Released
(1:91.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
mantic |
Released
(1:91.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(91.2)
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |