{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-38492", "ASSIGNER": "security@mozilla.org", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "Mozilla", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Firefox", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "92", "version_affected": "<" } ] } }, { "product_name": "Thunderbird", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "91.1", "version_affected": "<" }, { "version_value": "78.14", "version_affected": "<" } ] } }, { "product_name": "Firefox ESR", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "78.14", "version_affected": "<" }, { "version_value": "91.1", "version_affected": "<" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Navigating to `mk:` URL scheme could load Internet Explorer" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/" }, { "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/" }, { "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/" }, { "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/" }, { "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/" }, { "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107" }, { "refsource": "GENTOO", "name": "GLSA-202208-14", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1." } ] } }