CVE-2021-43542

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Using XMLHttpRequest, an attacker could have identified installed applications by probing error messages for loading external protocols. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-209

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 91.4.0
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 91.4.0
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 95

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1723281Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1723281Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 8, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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