CVE-2021-38496

CVE Details

Release Date:

2021-11-03

Description

During operations on MessageTasks, a task may have been removed while it was still scheduled, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.

See more information about CVE-2021-38496 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2021-3791	2021-10-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2021-3841	2021-10-25
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2021-3755	2021-10-11
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2021-3838	2021-10-15

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