An incorrect type conversion of sizes from 64bit to 32bit integers allowed an attacker to corrupt memory leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
CVE-2021-43537
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2021-12-09. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 78.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 8, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738237
- security@mozillahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
- security@mozillahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- security@mozillahttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- security@mozillahttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
- security@mozillahttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026
- security@mozillahttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738237
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-43537(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | thunderbird-locale-id (1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1) @ impish | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox-locale-ast (95.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | thunderbird-locale-id (1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:91.4.0-3.el7_9 | 2021-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_4 | 2021-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_5 | 2021-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_1 | 2021-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_2 | 2021-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:91.4.0-1.el8_1 | 2021-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:91.4.0-1.el8_4 | 2021-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:91.4.0-1.el7_9 | 2021-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:91.4.0-1.el8_5 | 2021-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:91.4.0-1.el8_2 | 2021-12-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(11)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5013IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5013 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5015IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5015 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5016IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5016 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5017IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5017 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5045IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5045 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5047IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5047 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5048IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5048 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:5055IMPORTANT2021-12-07
RHSA-2021:5055 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-5186-1MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5246-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5248-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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