An out of date graphics library (Angle) likely contained vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited. External Reference: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-11/#CVE-2021-4127 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-12/#CVE-2021-4127
Acknowledgments: Name: the Mozilla project Upstream: Mozilla Developers, Abraruddin Khan and Omair
Mozilla upstream states that this issue was fixed in Firefox/Thunderbird version 78.9. The firefox/thunderbird packages as shipped in following Red Hat products were previously updated to a version that contains the fix via the following errata: firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0992 firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0991 firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0989 firefox in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0990 thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0996 thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0995 thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0994 thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0993