CVE-2021-24000

Description

A race condition with requestPointerLock() and setTimeout() could have resulted in a user interacting with one tab when they believed they were on a separate tab. In conjunction with certain elements (such as ) this could have led to an attack where a user was confused about the origin of the webpage and potentially disclosed information they did not intend to. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.

Risk Information

Base Score
3.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.234

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Mozilla Firefox (88.0)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Mozilla Firefox (x64) (88.0)Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 87.9-beta1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 87.9-beta1Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac (88.0.1)Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 87.9-beta1Mac
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4926-1) firefox_88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_i386.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4926-1) firefox_88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4926-1) firefox_88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2_i386.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4926-1) firefox_88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4926-1) firefox_88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4926-1) firefox_88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-319192Mozilla Firefox (88.0)
PATCH-319193Mozilla Firefox (x64) (88.0)
PATCH-334458Mozilla Firefox (x64) (120.0)
PATCH-334457Mozilla Firefox (120.0)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234