A transient execution vulnerability, named Floating Point Value Injection (FPVI) allowed an attacker to leak arbitrary memory addresses and may have also enabled JIT type confusion attacks. (A related vulnerability, Speculative Code Store Bypass (SCSB), did not affect Firefox.). This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.9 and Firefox < 87.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-11/ | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1692972 | Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Information
Published : 2021-06-24 07:15
Updated : 2021-06-30 09:48
NVD link : CVE-2021-29955
Mitre link : CVE-2021-29955
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CWE
CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
- firefox_esr