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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513	Issue Tracking Exploit
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513	Issue Tracking Exploit
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

History

16 Jul 2025, 15:40

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Mozilla thunderbird Mozilla Mozilla firefox
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
References	~~() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513 -~~	() https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694513 - Issue Tracking, Exploit
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ -~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29/ - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ -~~	() https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2024-07-09 15:15

Updated : 2025-07-16 15:40

NVD link : CVE-2024-6607

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6607

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6607

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
thunderbird

CWE

CWE-763

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

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