CVE-2021-23960
High
Published: 26 February 2021
Published
26 February 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0029
52.3th percentile
Risk Priority
18
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2021-23960 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-10881
Vulnerability details
Performing garbage collection on re-declared JavaScript variables resulted in a user-after-poison, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85, Thunderbird < 78.7, and Firefox ESR < 78.7.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
mozilla
firefox
≤ 85.0
mozilla
firefox esr
≤ 78.7
mozilla
thunderbird
≤ 78.7
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.