CVE-2024-9391 Security feature bypass in Firefox
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p5hw-4fxj-g4x6.