| Name | CVE-2021-38498 |
| Description | During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 120.0.1-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | buster | 91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 115.5.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 102.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 115.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 102.15.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 115.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 115.5.0esr-1 | fixed |
| thunderbird (PTS) | buster | 1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:115.5.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:115.5.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:102.15.1-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1:115.5.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:115.5.0-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1:115.5.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 93.0-1 | | | |
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only affect Firefox 91 not in any supported suite in vulnerable version)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Only affects Thunderbird 91 not in any supported suite in vulnerable version)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/#CVE-2021-38498
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/#CVE-2021-38498
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/#CVE-2021-38498