CVE-2024-0742

Mozilla: Failure to update user input timestamp

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

It was possible for certain browser prompts and dialogs to be activated or dismissed unintentionally by the user due to an incorrect timestamp used to prevent input after page load. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7, and Thunderbird < 115.7.

Era posible que el usuario activara o descartara ciertas indicaciones y cuadros de diálogo del navegador sin querer debido a una marca de tiempo incorrecta utilizada para evitar la entrada después de cargar la página. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7 y Thunderbird < 115.7.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

It was possible for certain browser prompts and dialogs to be activated or dismissed unintentionally by the user due to an incorrect timestamp used to prevent input after page load.

*Credits: Andrew McCreight

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-01-19 CVE Reserved
2024-01-23 CVE Published
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-1021: Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00015.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00022.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-01	2024-02-02
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-02	2024-02-02
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-04	2024-02-02
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0742	2024-01-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259927	2024-01-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 122.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 122.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 115.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 115.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 115.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 115.7"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected