CVE-2021-29978 (GCVE-0-2021-29978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-05 19:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:24
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Summary
Multiple low security issues were discovered and fixed in a security audit of Mozilla VPN 2.x branch as part of a 3rd party security audit. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN < 2.3.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Multiple low security issues were discovered in a security audit of Mozilla VPN 2.0 branch
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 679 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Mozilla VPN Affected: unspecified , < 2.3 (custom)
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      "title": "CVE-2021-29978",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-29978.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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