CVE-2021-29990
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
Los desarrolladores de Mozilla y los miembros de la comunidad informaron de bugs de seguridad de memoria presentes en Firefox versión 90. Algunos de estos bugs mostraron evidencias de corrupción de la memoria y presumimos que con esfuerzo suficiente algunos de ellos podrían haber sido explotados para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox versiones anteriores a 91.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.01%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 62
- Fecha de la puntuación: 9/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1544190%2C1716481%2C1717778%2C1719319%2C1722073
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1544190%2C1716481%2C1717778%2C1719319%2C1722073
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/
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