CVE-2021-24000

Firefox ESR and 1 other: A race condition with requestPointerLock() and setTimeout() could have resulted in a user interacting…

CVE-2021-24000 is fixed in 4 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, released April 25, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
3.1
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0061
49th percentile

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 &lt;input type="file"&gt;) 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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Aug 4, 2021
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Apr 25, 2021
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Apr 25, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 firefox-geckodriver 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Apr 25, 2021
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Apr 25, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 firefox-mozsymbols 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Apr 25, 2021
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Apr 25, 2021

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