CVE-2021-38493
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 91 and Firefox ESR 78.13. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.14, Thunderbird < 78.14, and Firefox < 92.
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: 1.24%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 68
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
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 (3)
CWE
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723391%2C1724101%2C1724107
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723391%2C1724101%2C1724107
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/
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