CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-29980

Missing Initialization of Resource

Published: Aug 17, 2021 | Modified: Dec 09, 2022
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

Uninitialized memory in a canvas object could have caused an incorrect free() leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

Weakness

The product does not initialize a critical resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 91.0 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla * 78.13.0 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 78.13.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References