CVE-2021-23978
Description
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 85 and Firefox ESR 78.7. 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 Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
Risk Information
Base Score
8.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.661
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Firefox ESR (78.8.0) | Windows |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Firefox ESR (x64) (78.8.0) | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Mozilla Firefox (86.0) | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Mozilla Firefox (x64) (86.0) | Windows |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird (78.8.0) | Windows |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird (x64) (78.8.0) | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 84.0 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox ESR (x64) 78.6.0 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox ESR 78.6.0 | Windows |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 78.7 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 85.99 | Windows |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 78.7 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 85.99 | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac (86.0) | Mac |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac (86.0.1) | Mac |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (78.8.0) | Mac |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (78.8.1) | Mac |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 68.0.1 | Mac |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Firefox ESR for Mac 68.0.1 | Mac |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 84.1.3 | Mac |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are affected in Mozilla Thunderbird for Mac 78.7.1 | Mac |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23969,CVE-2021-23968,CVE-2021-23973,CVE-2021-23978 are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac 78.8 | Mac |
| firefox-esr security update(DSA-4862-1) firefox-esr_78.8.0esr-1~deb10u1_i386.deb | Linux |
| firefox-esr security update(DSA-4862-1) firefox-esr_78.8.0esr-1~deb10u1_amd64.deb | Linux |
| thunderbird security update(DSA-4866-1) thunderbird_78.8.0-1~deb10u1_i386.deb | Linux |
| thunderbird security update(DSA-4866-1) thunderbird_78.8.0-1~deb10u1_amd64.deb | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2021:0667-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-78.8.0-112.51.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2021:0667-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.8.0-112.51.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2021:0667-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-debugsource-78.8.0-112.51.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2021:0667-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-devel-78.8.0-112.51.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| SUSE-SU-2021:0667-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.8.0-112.51.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0655) firefox security update firefox-78.8.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0655) firefox security update firefox-debugsource-78.8.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0656) firefox security update firefox-78.8.0-1.el7_9.i686.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0656) firefox security update firefox-78.8.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0657) thunderbird security update thunderbird-78.8.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0657) thunderbird security update thunderbird-debugsource-78.8.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2021:0661) thunderbird security update thunderbird-78.8.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client (USN-4936-1) thunderbird_78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb | Linux |
| Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client (USN-4936-1) thunderbird_78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.1_amd64.deb | Linux |
Patch Details
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| Patch ID | Patch Description |
|---|---|
| PATCH-318503 | Mozilla Firefox ESR (78.8.0) |
| PATCH-318504 | Mozilla Firefox ESR (x64) (78.8.0) |
| PATCH-318501 | Mozilla Firefox (86.0) |
| PATCH-318502 | Mozilla Firefox (x64) (86.0) |
| PATCH-318512 | Mozilla Thunderbird (78.8.0) |
| PATCH-318513 | Mozilla Thunderbird (x64) (78.8.0) |
| PATCH-317673 | Mozilla Firefox (x64) (84.0.1) |
| PATCH-607000 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0) |
| PATCH-607000 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0) |
| PATCH-611353 | Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (128.12.0) |
| PATCH-611353 | Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (128.12.0) |
| PATCH-611870 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1) |
| PATCH-611808 | Mozilla Firefox ESR for MAC 128.14.0 |
| PATCH-611870 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1) |
| PATCH-611807 | Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (142.0) |
| PATCH-612783 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (145.0.1) |
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234