CVE-2021-29962 (GCVE-0-2021-29962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-24 13:15 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:18
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Summary
Firefox for Android would become unstable and hard-to-recover when a website opened too many popups. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • No rate-limiting for popups on Firefox for Android
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 89 (custom)
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