6.5

CVE-2021-38491: mozilla firefox

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-38491
Published 03-11-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-38491 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.5% 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
0.88%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 03-11-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Mixed-content checks were unable to analyze opaque origins which led to some mixed content being loaded. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.88% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu5 products
  • firefox< 92.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 92.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 92 | < 92.0

2 vendors · 6 products

References

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