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CVE-2021-29980

Mozilla: Uninitialized memory in a canvas object could have led to memory corruption

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 10, 2021

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

Uninitialized memory in a canvas object could have caused an incorrect free() leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource