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…
EPSS: 0.006 (42.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (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.