Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2021-24000
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24000?
- CVE-2021-24000 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2021-06-24.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24000?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.