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cve[email protected]CVE-2021-29986
HistoryAug 17, 2021 - 8:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-29986

2021-08-1720:15:07
CWE-362
web.nvd.nist.gov
217
4
cve-2021-29986
race condition
getaddrinfo
memory corruption
exploitable crash
linux
thunderbird
firefox esr
firefox

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.8%

A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

Affected configurations

Vulners
NVD
Node
mozillathunderbirdRange78.13
OR
mozillathunderbirdRange91
OR
mozillafirefox_esrRange78.13
OR
mozillafirefoxRange91
VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillathunderbird*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillathunderbird*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillafirefox_esr*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillafirefox*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Thunderbird",
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "78.13",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThan": "91",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Firefox ESR",
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "78.13",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Firefox",
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "91",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.8%