Firefox ESR and 2 others: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 85 and Firefox ESR 78.7.
CVE-2021-23978 is fixed in 11 products on 2 platforms, first by RHSA-2021:0655, released February 24, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 85 and Firefox ESR 78.7. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) | 91.0 | Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 | Aug 4, 2021 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) | 78.10.0 | Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.10.0 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| Linux | |||
| firefox · RHEL 8 | 0:78.8.0-1.el8_3 | RHSA-2021:0655 | Feb 24, 2021 |
| firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| firefox · ol 8 | 0:78.8.0-1.0.1.el8_3 | ELSA-2021-0655 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| thunderbird · RHEL 8 | 0:78.8.0-1.el8_3 | RHSA-2021:0657 | Feb 24, 2021 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| thunderbird · ol 8 | 0:78.8.0-1.0.1.el8_3 | ELSA-2021-0657 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Apr 22, 2021 |
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