CVE-2021-29962 (GCVE-0-2021-29962)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-24 13:15 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
CWE
- No rate-limiting for popups on Firefox for Android
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1701673 | x_refsource_MISC |
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