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GHSA-8Q5J-74VG-J4HR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-20 15:31 – Updated: 2024-12-10 15:32

Details

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 and Firefox ESR < 115.8.

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2024-1550 (GCVE-0-2024-1550)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-20 13:21 – Updated: 2025-03-27 20:05

Summary

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.

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1860065
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected: unspecified , < 123 (custom)

	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 115.8 (custom)
	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 115.8 (custom)

Credits

Hafiizh

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8Q5J-74VG-J4HR

CVE-2024-1550 (GCVE-0-2024-1550)

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