CVE-2021-38508 Information

Description

By displaying a form validity message in the correct location at the same time as a permission prompt (such as for geolocation) the validity message could have obscured the prompt resulting in the user potentially being tricked into granting the permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94 Thunderbird < 91.3 and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366818 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.3