CVE-2021-29986

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

Published Aug 17, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2740-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2745-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4956-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4959-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-16445 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5037-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5058-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 10:24 PM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 17, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:48 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Aug 10, 2021, 12:00 AM