CVE-2023-6870 Other in Firefox
Background thread Toast notifications can obscure fullscreen notifications in Firefox for Android, potentially hiding critical alerts from users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-6870?
CVE-2023-6870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Applications which spawn a Toast notification in a background thread may have obscured fullscreen notifications displayed by Firefox. *This issue only affects Android versions of Firefox and Firefox Focus.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6870?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Focus.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6870?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2023-6870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jhcj-v5hx-prgh, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6870.