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CVE-2024-6608 (GCVE-0-2024-6608)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 14:25 – Updated: 2025-10-30 16:14
VLAI
Title
Cursor could be moved out of the viewport using pointerlock.
Summary
It was possible to move the cursor using pointerlock from an iframe. This allowed moving the cursor outside of the viewport and the Firefox window. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-09 15:06 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 128 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 128 (custom)
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Credits
Irvan Kurniawan
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