CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24000
3.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.1 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
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 <input type="file">) 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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 88.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694698 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694698 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory