UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23954

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23954

    Published: 26 Jan 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-23954

    Summary:

    Details: Using the new logical assignment operators in a JavaScript switch statement could have caused a type confusion, leading to a memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23954, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-04/#CVE-2021-23954, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/#CVE-2021-23954, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4717-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4736-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23954

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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