3.1

CVE-2021-24000: mozilla firefox Race Condition

CVSS: 3.1v3.1LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-24000
Published 24-06-2021Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-24000 is a low (CVSS 3.1) Race Condition vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.1/10
010
Low · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.60%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 24-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A race condition with requestPointerLock() and setTimeout() could have resulted in a user interacting with one tab when they believed they were on a separate tab. In conjunction with certain elements (such as &lt;input type="file"&gt;) this could have led to an attack where a user was confused about the origin of the webpage and potentially disclosed information they did not intend to. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.60% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu5 products
  • firefox< 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 | < 88.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 88 | < 88.0

2 vendors · 6 products

References

6 links