CVE-2021-23998

Publication date 19 April 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Through complicated navigations with new windows, an HTTP page could have inherited a secure lock icon from an HTTPS page. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
firefox-esr 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs68 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs78 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.2
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:78.11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needed
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N