CVE-2021-23973
Moderate
CVE-2021-23973
When trying to load a cross-origin resource in an audio/video context a decoding error may have resulted, and the content of that error may have revealed information about the resource. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
Exploit probability
1.4%
Published
February 26, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-23973
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When trying to load a cross-origin resource in an audio/video context a decoding error may have resulted, and the content of that error may have revealed information about the resource. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1690976
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/