CVE-2021-38497

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Through use of reportValidity() and window.open(), a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:3755

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:3838

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38497

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38497.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed91.2.0-1
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed93.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
rockylinux rocky8fixed

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.