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Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Firefox incorrectly accepted a newline in a HTTP/3 header, interpretting it as two separate headers. This allowed for a header splitting attack against servers using HTTP/3. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91.0.1 and Thunderbird < 91.0.1.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 3, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.160%
(53rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-29991

GHSA ID

GHSA-8p2q-73gc-fxq5

Source code

No known source code

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