vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2024-1550: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Feb 20, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 20, 2024
Added
Feb 29, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
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.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-firefoxalma-upgrade-firefox-x11alma-upgrade-thunderbird
References
- CVE-2024-1550
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-1550
- CWE-1021
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-17297
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0955.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0964.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-0952.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-0963.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-17297
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