8.8

CVE-2021-23960: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23960DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23960
Published 26-02-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-23960 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 14
DLA-2539-1DLA-2541-1DSA-4840-1DSA-4842-1MGASA-2021-0065MGASA-2021-0066

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Performing garbage collection on re-declared JavaScript variables resulted in a user-after-poison, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.29% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • firefox< 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla3 products
Debian2 products
  • firefox-esr< 78.7.0esr-1
  • thunderbird< 1:78.7.0-1

3 vendors · 11 products

References

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