CVE-2021-43541
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
When invoking protocol handlers for external protocols, a supplied parameter URL containing spaces was not properly escaped. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Fixed | 91.4.0-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 91.4.0esr-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 95.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 91.4.0esr-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 91.4.1esr-1~deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 91.4.0esr-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | โ |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | โ |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202112-9
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202112-8
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43541.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-43541
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:5045
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:5013
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-5013.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-5045.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5013
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5045
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.