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CVE-2024-6607

Leaving pointerlock by pressing the escape key could be prevented

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 128
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

It was possible to prevent a user from exiting pointerlock when pressing escape and to overlay customValidity notifications from a `&lt;select&gt;` 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox

    fixed in 128

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    fixed in 128

References 3

bugzilla.mozilla.org

mozilla.org