CVE-2024-1550
A malicious website could have used a combination of exiting fullscreen mode and `requestPointerLock` to cause the user's mouse to be re-positioned unexpectedly, which could have led to user confusion and inadvertently granting permissions they did not…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A malicious website could have used a combination of exiting fullscreen mode and `requestPointerLock` to cause the user's mouse to be re-positioned unexpectedly, which could have led to user confusion and inadvertently granting permissions they did not intend to grant. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 123, Firefox ESR < 115.8, and Thunderbird < 115.8.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.57% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1021
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1860065Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00000.htmlMailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-07/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1860065Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00000.htmlMailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-07/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.