Is CVE-2021-38496 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-38496 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-38496?

CVE-2021-38496 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-38496?

CVE-2021-38496 has an EPSS score of 1.59% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38496?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 93.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-38496

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

During operations on MessageTasks, a task may have been removed while it was still scheduled, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:93.0-1CVE-2021-38496

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5107-1

Fixed in:93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5107-1

thunderbirdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5248-1

Fixed in:1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5248-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:93.0Fixed in:93.0Mozilla

Affected:91.0 91.2Fixed in:91.2Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:91.0 91.2Fixed in:91.2Mozilla

Affected:93.0Fixed in:93.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:78.15Fixed in:78.15Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:78.15Fixed in:78.15Mozilla

Affected:91.0 91.2Fixed in:91.2Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory5

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

mozilla.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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