Improper Preservation of Permissions Affecting mozilla package, versions [,85.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2379050
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Feb 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-23963  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 85.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Preservation of Permissions. When sharing geolocation during an active WebRTC share, Firefox could have reset the webRTC sharing state in the user interface, leading to loss of control over the currently granted permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

CVSS Scores

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