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CVE-2021-38508

This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.53%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

By displaying a form validity message in the correct location at the same time as a permission prompt (such as for geolocation), the validity message could have obscured the prompt, resulting in the user potentially being tricked into granting the permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

CVSS 3.1
4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.53% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1021
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.