CVE-2024-6607 Leaving pointerlock by pressing the escape key could be prevented
Attackers can prevent users from exiting pointer lock and overlay notifications to trick them into granting unintended permissions.
- 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-2024-6607?
CVE-2024-6607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Jul 2024. 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-763
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6607?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6607?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-6607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gq55-cjrv-p49j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6607.