CVE-2021-43539
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43539
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-43539.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-43539
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-12-08T22:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739683
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/