CVE-2021-23997

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    CVE-2021-23997

    Published: 24 Jun 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Due to unexpected data type conversions, a use-after-free could have occurred when interacting with the font cache. We presume that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.

    References: , https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1701942

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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