Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-38495
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 78.13.0. 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 Thunderbird < 91.1 and Firefox ESR < 91.1.
Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2021-38495
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-38495
0.29%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-38495
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
|
NIST | |
|
8.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-38495
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-38495
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 91.1 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.1 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202202-03) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723391%2C1723920%2C1724101%2C1724107
Bug ListVendor Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-14) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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