CVE-2023-37455

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Published Jul 12, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The permission request prompt from the site in the background tab was overlaid on top of the site in the foreground tab. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 115.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox for iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 115

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-41355	The permission request prompt from the site in the background tab was overlaid on top of the site in the foreground tab. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 115.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.301% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1786934
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-25/

History

Nov 7, 2024 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

CWE-1021

Sources

CVE record Updated: Nov 7, 2024, 3:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: Jul 12, 2023, 1:46 PM
Updated: Nov 7, 2024, 3:04 PM
Reserved: Jul 6, 2023, 12:47 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:16 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:16 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:08 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 12, 2023, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:08 AM

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