CVE-2023-6206

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-11-21

Description

The black fade animation when exiting fullscreen is roughly the length of the anti-clickjacking delay on permission prompts. It was possible to use this fact to surprise users by luring them to click where the permission grant button would be about to appear. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.

See more information about CVE-2023-6206 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-7509	2023-11-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-7505	2023-11-28
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-7508	2023-11-28
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-7500	2023-11-28
Oracle Linux version 9 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-7507	2023-11-28
Oracle Linux version 9 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-7501	2023-11-28

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