FKIE_CVE-2024-6607

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-09 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:18
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
It was possible to prevent a user from exiting pointerlock when pressing escape and to overlay customValidity notifications from a `<select>` element over certain permission prompts. This could be used to confuse a user into giving a site unintended permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513Exploit, Issue Tracking
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla thunderbird *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:18:20.307",
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