CVE-2021-43539
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.97%
Description
Failure to correctly record the location of live pointers across wasm instance calls resulted in a GC occurring within the call not tracing those live pointers. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
How to fix CVE-2021-43539
To remediate CVE-2021-43539, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 91.4.1esr-1~deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2021-43539 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 91.4.1esr-1~deb11u1
- from 0, < 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |