CLEANSTART-2024-EW17120

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    CLEANSTART-2024-EW17120

    Published: 30 Oct 2026Last Modified: 31 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38492

    Summary: When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode

    Details: CVE-2021-38492 affects multiple packages. When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. See references for individual vulnerability details.

    References: https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-security-advisories/tree/main/advisories/2024/CLEANSTART-2024-EW17120.json, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38492, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38492

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:apk/cleanstart/firefox?arch=x86_64

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -92.0.1-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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