Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-43540 - Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
WebExtensions with the correct permissions were able to create and install ServiceWorkers for third-party websites that would not have been uninstalled with the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 95.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636629
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636629
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/