Vulnerability CVE-2021-38492: Information

Description

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Published: Nov. 3, 2021
Modified: Dec. 9, 2022

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*