CVE-2021-43539
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 91.4.0, 95
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Mozilla Thunderbird
fixed in 91.4.0
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
fixed in 91.4.0
- Mozilla Firefox
fixed in 95