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)
CWE
- Multiple low security issues were discovered in a security audit of Mozilla VPN 2.0 branch
Assigner
References
15 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Mozilla VPN |
Affected:
unspecified , < 2.3
(custom)
|
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