CVE-2021-24000

Published Jun 24, 2021

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
A race condition with requestPointerLock() and setTimeout() could have resulted in a user interacting with one tab when they believed they were on a separate tab. In conjunction with certain elements (such as &lt;input type="file"&gt;) this could have led to an attack where a user was confused about the origin of the webpage and potentially disclosed information they did not intend to. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.
Source
security@mozilla.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
3.1
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity
LOW

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.6
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-362

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations