Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-38508 - Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- 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
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14