CVE-2021-23958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The browser could have been confused into transferring a screen sharing state into another tab, which would leak unintended information. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Published: 2021-02-26

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 85`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10879	The browser could have been confused into transferring a screen sharing state into another tab, which would leak unintended information. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4717-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00323.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642747
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2021-02-26T02:07:56.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.761Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-23958

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-26T03:15:13.777

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:06.233

Link: CVE-2021-23958

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-668

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