CVE-2024-6610 Form validation popups could block exiting full-screen mode

What is CVE-2024-6610?

CVE-2024-6610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Form validation popups could capture escape key presses. Therefore, spamming form validation messages could be used to prevent users from exiting full-screen mode. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.

Weakness: CWE-451

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6610?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6610?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-6610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r595-x79c-68p4, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6610.