CVE-2021-43543
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CVE-2021-43543 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.1/10 on the CVSS scale. Documents loaded with the CSP sandbox directive could have escaped the sandbox's script restriction by embedding additional content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.. EPSS estimates a 1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Documents loaded with the CSP sandbox directive could have escaped the sandbox's script restriction by embedding additional content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 95.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 91.4.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 91.4.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 11.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738418Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738418Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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