CVE-2021-29986 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-29986 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 17/08/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: mozilla | Vendor: Mozilla | Product: Thunderbird
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-29986 Description

A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. *Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Race condition when resolving DNS names could have led to memory corruption
Source: Mozilla

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).