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CVE-2021-29952

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

When Web Render components were destructed, a race condition could have caused undefined behavior, and we presume that with enough effort may have been exploitable to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.0.1 and Firefox for Android < 88.1.3.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 88.0.1; before 88.1.3 — fixed in 88.0.1, 88.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 88.0.1, 88.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1704227
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-20/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1704227
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-20/

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