CVE-2024-6607

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-763

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 128
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 128
mozilla	firefox	< 128
mozilla	thunderbird	< 128

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 9, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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