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TI-2021-06321 Aliases CVE-2021-24002GHSA-jvwq-53jx-c5f6

Injection in Mozilla Firefox ESR

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-74Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

When a user clicked on an FTP URL containing encoded newline characters (%0A and %0D), the newlines would have been interpreted as such and allowed arbitrary commands to be sent to the FTP server. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01125 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Firefox ESR (Mozilla): 78.10Thunderbird (Mozilla): 78.10+1 more productRed Hat: 8 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MozillaFirefox ESRbefore 78.1078.10Patch availableCNA
MozillaThunderbirdbefore 78.1078.10Patch availableCNA
MozillaFirefoxbefore 8888Patch availableCNA
  • Firefox ESR VendorMozilla Affected before 78.10 Fixed in 78.10 Patch available CNA
  • Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected before 78.10 Fixed in 78.10 Patch available CNA
  • Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 88 Fixed in 88 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 88.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 78.10VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 78.10VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 88.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 78.10 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 78.10 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Firefox ESR (Mozilla) Fixed in 78.10
  • Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 78.10
  • Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 88

Red Hat 8 advisories

  • RHSA-2021:1363 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox-78.10.0-1.el7_9
  • RHSA-2021:1361 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) firefox-78.10.0-1.el8_2
  • RHSA-2021:1360 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox-78.10.0-1.el8_3
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  • RHSA-2021:1362 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) firefox-78.10.0-1.el8_1
  • RHSA-2021:1350 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) thunderbird-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) thunderbird-78.10.0-1.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) thunderbird-78.10.0-1.el7_9
  • RHSA-2021:1352 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) thunderbird-78.10.0-1.el8_2
  • RHSA-2021:1351 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) thunderbird-78.10.0-1.el8_1
  • RHSA-2021:1353 Released 2021-04-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) thunderbird-78.10.0-1.el8_3

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Mozilla Firefox 88

    13 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 6 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-06313 Missing initialization of resource in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 42
    • TI-2021-10563 Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 41
    • TI-2021-06318 Improper privilege management in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 13 records →
  • Release ·

    Mozilla Thunderbird 78.10

    8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-06313 Missing initialization of resource in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 42
    • TI-2021-10563 Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 41
    • TI-2021-06318 Improper privilege management in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 8 records →
Show 1 more group
  • Release ·

    Mozilla Firefox ESR 78.10

    7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-06313 Missing initialization of resource in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 42
    • TI-2021-10563 Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 41
    • TI-2021-06318 Improper privilege management in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 7 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2021:1353, RHSA-2021:1360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)Fixed RHSA-2021:1351, RHSA-2021:1362
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2021:1352, RHSA-2021:1361
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2021:1350, RHSA-2021:1363
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2021:1363
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2021:1363
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2021:1350, RHSA-2021:1363
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2021:1350, RHSA-2021:1363
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2021:1363

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24002
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jvwq-53jx-c5f6

References

Advisory 4

  • TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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