CVE-2021-38492

Description

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3