Bug 2019622 (CVE-2021-38504) - CVE-2021-38504 Mozilla: Use-after-free in file picker dialog
Summary: CVE-2021-38504 Mozilla: Use-after-free in file picker dialog
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-38504
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2019235
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-03 00:40 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2024-02-15 13:36 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: firefox 91.3, thunderbird 91.3
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with `webkitdirectory` set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
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Last Closed: 2021-11-03 20:07:52 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4116 0 None None None 2021-11-03 16:03:24 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4123 0 None None None 2021-11-03 19:41:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4130 0 None None None 2021-11-04 16:57:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4132 0 None None None 2021-11-04 16:55:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4133 0 None None None 2021-11-04 16:44:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4134 0 None None None 2021-11-04 17:27:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4605 0 None None None 2021-11-10 10:35:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4607 0 None None None 2021-11-10 09:54:36 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2021-11-03 00:40:24 UTC 
When interacting with an HTML input element's file picker dialog with `webkitdirectory` set, a use-after-free could have resulted, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/#CVE-2021-38504
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-03 16:03:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:4116 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4116
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-03 19:41:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:4123 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4123
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-11-03 20:07:52 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38504
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-04 16:44:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:4133 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4133
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-04 16:55:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:4132 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4132
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-04 16:57:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:4130 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4130
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-04 17:27:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2021:4134 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4134
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-10 09:54:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:4607 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4607
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-10 10:35:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:4605 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4605
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