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CVE-2021-23961

Publication date 26 January 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Further techniques that built on the slipstream research combined with a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs60 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs68 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs78 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.2
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

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mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.4 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4717-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 1 February 2021
    • USN-4995-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 22 June 2021
    • USN-4995-2
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 25 June 2021

Other references