CVE detail
CVE-2021-43538
By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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Mozilla released security updates for the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client to address multiple vulnerabilities. Mozilla released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client. The company addressed 13 vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser with the release of Firefox 95, including six high-severity flaws. The most severe of […]
newssecurityaffairs.comDec 9, 2021, 7:12 PMMozilla this week released security updates for the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client to address multiple vulnerabilities, including several bugs rated high severity .
newswww.securityweek.comDec 9, 2021, 2:45 PM
Exploit code
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