6.5

CVE-2021-23983: mozilla firefox Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23983
Published 31-03-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-23983 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.74%
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 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-4893-1

Timeline

  1. 31-03-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

By causing a transition on a parent node by removing a CSS rule, an invalid property for a marker could have been applied, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.74%

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu5 products
  • firefox< 87.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 87.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | < 87.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 87 | < 87.0

2 vendors · 6 products

References

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