CVE-2021-29968 Memory corruption in Firefox

What is CVE-2021-29968?

CVE-2021-29968 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 24 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

When drawing text onto a canvas with WebRender disabled, an out of bounds read could occur. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29968?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2021-29968?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29968 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-29968 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-88p3-h3gw-7xj6.