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high8.1

CVE-2021-29991

Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header, interpretting it as two separate headers.

Impact

Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header, interpretting it as two separate headers. This allowed for a header splitting attack against servers using HTTP/3. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91.0.1 and Thunderbird < 91.0.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MozillaFirefox
before 91.0.1
MozillaThunderbird
before 91.0.1

Weakness classification

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