CVE-2024-9391 Security feature bypass in Firefox

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can prevent users from exiting full-screen mode on crafted pages, enabling site spoofing by hiding the address bar in Firefox Focus for Android.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-9391?

CVE-2024-9391 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 1 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A user who enables full-screen mode on a specially crafted web page could potentially be prevented from exiting full screen mode. This may allow spoofing of other sites as the address bar is no longer visible. *This bug only affects Firefox Focus for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131.

Weakness: CWE-290

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9391?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9391?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-9391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p5hw-4fxj-g4x6.

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