CVE-2021-23995

HIGH

Firefox ESR < 78.10 & Thunderbird < 78.10 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When Responsive Design Mode was enabled, it used references to objects that were previously freed. We presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699835

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0121
EPSS Percentile 64.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-672
Status published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox < 88.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 78.10
mozilla/thunderbird < 78.10
Published Jun 24, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026