CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-24002

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Jun 24, 2021 | Modified: Oct 11, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

When a user clicked on an FTP URL containing encoded newline characters (%0A and %0D), the newlines would have been interpreted as such and allowed arbitrary commands to be sent to the FTP server. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 88.0 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla * 78.10 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 78.10 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References