CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-29971
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-281
Description
If a user had granted a permission to a webpage and saved that grant, any webpage running on the same host - irrespective of scheme or port - would be granted that permission. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 90.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1713638 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1713638 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/ Vendor Advisory