CVE-2021-23970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Context-specific code was included in a shared jump table; resulting in assertions being triggered in multithreaded wasm code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1681724
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2021-02-26T01:57:08.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.857Z

Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23970

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-26T02:15:13.007

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:39:05.233

Link: CVE-2021-23970

Redhat

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