UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38498

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38498

    Published: 3 Nov 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38498

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38498, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/#CVE-2021-38498, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5132-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5248-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5107-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38498

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

    Affected versions

    56.0+build6-0ubuntu1

    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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