CVE-2021-29991

Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header, interpretting it as two separate headers. This allowed for a header splitting attack against servers using HTTP/3. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91.0.1 and Thunderbird < 91.0.1.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2021, 21:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 5.8
v3 : 8.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1724896 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1724896 - Permissions Required
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-37/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-37/ - Vendor Advisory
CWE CWE-444

03 Nov 2021, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-03 01:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-29991

Mitre link : CVE-2021-29991

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-29991


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
CWE
CWE-444

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')