Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <91.3.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-FIREFOXESR-7010559
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed8 Dec 2021

Introduced: 8 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-38506  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1021  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 firefox-esr to version 91.3.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

Through a series of navigations, Firefox could have entered fullscreen mode without notification or warning to the user. This could lead to spoofing attacks on the browser UI including phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1