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HistoryAug 16, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

KLA12265 DoS vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

2021-08-1600:00:00
Kaspersky Lab
threats.kaspersky.com
50
mozilla firefox
header splitting
malicious users
dos vulnerability
system availability
update required
cve-2021-29991

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

AI Score

9.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

53.0%

Header splitting vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service.

Original advisories

MFSA2021-37

Related products

Mozilla-Firefox

CVE list

CVE-2021-29991 unknown

Solution

Update to the latest version

Download Firefox

Impacts

  • DoS

Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.

Affected Products

  • Mozilla Firefox earlier than 91.0.1

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

AI Score

9.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

53.0%