CVE-2024-1550

Mozilla: Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants

Published Feb 20, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A malicious website could have used a combination of exiting fullscreen mode and `requestPointerLock` to cause the user's mouse to be re-positioned unexpectedly, which could have led to user confusion and inadvertently granting permissions they did not intend to grant. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 123, Firefox ESR < 115.8, and Thunderbird < 115.8.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3747-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3748-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5627-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5630-1 thunderbird security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6649-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6669-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00161}

epss

{'score': 0.00219}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux
Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla thunderbird
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Mar 27, 2025, 8:05 PM
Reserved
Feb 15, 2024, 6:01 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 20, 2024, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:04 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 20, 2024, 12:00 AM