CVE-2023-6208UI Misrepresentation / Clickjacking in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 21
Latest updateNov 27

Description

When using X11, text selected by the page using the Selection API was erroneously copied into the primary selection, a temporary storage not unlike the clipboard. *This bug only affects Firefox on X11. Other systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified120
NVDmozilla/firefox< 120.0
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified115.5.0
NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 115.5.0
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified115.5

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gvr6-g64h-9mj2: When using X11, text selected by the page using the Selection API was erroneously copied into the primary selection, a temporary storage not unlike th2023-11-21
CVEList
CVE-2023-6208: When using X11, text selected by the page using the Selection API was erroneously copied into the primary selection, a temporary storage not unlike th2023-11-21
OSV
CVE-2023-6208: When using X11, text selected by the page using the Selection API was erroneously copied into the primary selection, a temporary storage not unlike th2023-11-21

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2023-11-27
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2023-11-23
Red Hat
Mozilla: Using Selection API would copy contents into X11 primary selection.2023-11-21
Debian
CVE-2023-6208: firefox - When using X11, text selected by the page using the Selection API was erroneousl...2023
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-52: CVE-2023-6208
CVE-2023-6208 — UI Misrepresentation / Clickjacking | cvebase