Mozilla Firefox/Firefox ESR/Thunderbird Live Pointer use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Live Pointer Handler. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-43539. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird (Web Browser) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Live Pointer Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 12/09/2021. The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-43539 since 11/08/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208604 (CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2021:5046)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208604). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208604
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2021:5046)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/08/2021 🔍
12/09/2021 +31 days 🔍
12/09/2021 +0 days 🔍
05/02/2025 +1240 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-43539 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-43539
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-187861

Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2021 08:56
Updated: 05/02/2025 20:22
Changes: 12/09/2021 08:56 (38), 12/12/2021 01:39 (1), 10/14/2024 08:29 (16), 05/02/2025 20:22 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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