CVE-2021-43538

MEDIUM

Thunderbird <91.4.0-Firefox <95 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 51.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
mozilla/firefox < 95.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 91.4.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 91.4.0
Published Dec 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026