CVE-2021-43539

Mozilla: GC rooting failure when calling wasm instance methods

Published Dec 8, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2863-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2874-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5026-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5034-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-30468 Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5186-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5246-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5248-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:03 AM
Reserved
Nov 8, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 8, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:11 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 7, 2021, 12:00 AM