CVE-2021-38498
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2021-11-03 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.
See more information about CVE-2021-38498 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| 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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