CVE-2021-23961

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Further techniques that built on the slipstream research combined with a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 26, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-23961: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix