CVE-2023-34414 (GCVE-0-2023-34414)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-19 10:14 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:55
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Summary
The error page for sites with invalid TLS certificates was missing the activation-delay Firefox uses to protect prompts and permission dialogs from attacks that exploit human response time delays. If a malicious page elicited user clicks in precise locations immediately before navigating to a site with a certificate error and made the renderer extremely busy at the same time, it could create a gap between when the error page was loaded and when the display actually refreshed. With the right timing the elicited clicks could land in that gap and activate the button that overrides the certificate error for that site. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.12, Firefox < 114, and Thunderbird < 102.12.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Click-jacking certificate exceptions through rendering lag
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 683 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 102.12 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 114 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 102.12 (custom)
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Credits
Irvan Kurniawan
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