medium6.5
CVE-2021-43542
Using XMLHttpRequest, an attacker could have identified installed applications by probing error messages for loading external protocols.
Impact
Using XMLHttpRequest, an attacker could have identified installed applications by probing error messages for loading external protocols. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 95.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 91.4.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 91.4.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1723281
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1723281
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/