CVE-2021-24000: mozilla firefox Race Condition
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 24-06-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last 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 <input type="file">) 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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated3.1LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1694698X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory