VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-29955
CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
A transient execution vulnerability, named Floating Point Value Injection (FPVI) allowed an attacker to leak arbitrary memory addresses and may have also enabled JIT type confusion attacks. (A related vulnerability, Speculative Code Store Bypass (SCSB), did not affect Firefox.). This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.9 and Firefox < 87.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-74
Primary references
- security@mozilla.org — Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory