CVE-2021-23957 json
Navigations through the Android-specific `intent` URL scheme could have been misused to escape iframe sandbox.
published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-10878
- cvss
- 7.4
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Navigations through the Android-specific `intent` URL scheme could have been misused to escape iframe sandbox. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.
Patch / fix
- mozilla firefox 85.0
- firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
- MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
- firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +8 more 85.0-r0
- librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 85.0-r0
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-23957
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0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
References
-
mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/
release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1584582
issue-tracking, permissions-required, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-23957
- NVD CVE-2021-23957
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