Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-38498 (CCN-210696)

Assigned:2021-10-05
Published:2021-10-05
Updated:2021-11-04
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-416
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-38498

Source: MISC
Type: Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729642

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-cve202138498-code-exec(210696)

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6578563 (Application Performance Management)
Multiple vulnerabilities of Mozilla Firefox (less than Firefox 91.8.0ESR) have affected Synthetic Playback Agent 8.1.4.0-8.1.4 IF16 - 2022.4.0

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6891067 (Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring)
Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox affect IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring.

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-43
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 93

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-45
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.2

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 93.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 91.2)
  • OR cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 91.2)

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:91.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:ibm:application_performance_management:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7868
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51971
    P
    		Security update for libtpms (Moderate)
    2022-12-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95400
    P
    		Security update for dovecot23 (Important)
    2022-07-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3546
    P
    		libICE6-1.0.8-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3252
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94882
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94806
    P
    		python3-py-1.8.1-5.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95176
    P
    		MozillaThunderbird-91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100056
    P
    		 (Important)
    2022-03-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6202
    P
    		Security update for bind (Important)
    2022-03-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6193
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2022-03-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99745
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2022-02-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111900
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-93.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111906
    P
    		MozillaThunderbird-91.2.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111187
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70847
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102344
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67365
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76433
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10670
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96332
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111845
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109670
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10707
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103004
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:119810
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1792
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6276
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70810
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2021-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99152
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-10-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:39960
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, rust-cbindgen (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111089
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:41166
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, rust-cbindgen (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:43099
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, rust-cbindgen (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:44390
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, rust-cbindgen (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38669
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, rust-cbindgen (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:45596
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox, rust-cbindgen (Important)
    2021-10-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74383
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111749
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4161
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117699
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1039
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4226
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65250
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74318
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101730
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67291
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76359
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108185
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101519
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65315
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59810
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88205
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33023
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55960
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83464
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:126783
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26147
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58024
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86157
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31285
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51675
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60387
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88522
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33729
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:56080
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84222
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:127180
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29435
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58846
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86665
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31693
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:82642
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23687
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89207
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33987
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57108
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84681
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30137
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59552
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:87487
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32201
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55258
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83344
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125616
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23983
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89465
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34564
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57516
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:85749
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30257
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5134
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-15
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20213838
    P
    		RHSA-2021:3838: thunderbird security update (Important)
    2021-10-13
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20213841
    P
    		RHSA-2021:3841: thunderbird security update (Important)
    2021-10-13
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20213791
    P
    		RHSA-2021:3791: firefox security update (Important)
    2021-10-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106236
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9597
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99546
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20213755
    P
    		RHSA-2021:3755: firefox security update (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92596
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108779
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70300
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102113
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105647
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8846
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66941
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:98957
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76009
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92007
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106435
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9796
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69546
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92795
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70487
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105842
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9041
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67282
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76350
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92202
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106722
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10160
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69737
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106037
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9406
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99347
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111740
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5852
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92397
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10347
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69936
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8659
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-10-11
    BACK
    mozilla firefox *
    mozilla firefox esr *
    mozilla thunderbird *
    mozilla firefox esr 91.1
    ibm application performance management 8.1.4