Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-6607
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.7% 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
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-6607?
- CVE-2024-6607 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-09.
- How severe is CVE-2024-6607?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-6607 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.