CVE-2024-5691Protection Mechanism Failure in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.1
EPSS
0.2%
top 61.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateJul 3

Description

By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button that, if clicked by a user, would bypass restrictions to open a new window. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages8 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified127
NVDmozilla/firefox< 127.0
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified115.12
NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 115.12
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2024-07-03
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2024-06-19
GHSA
GHSA-xhxm-p3qv-qprc: By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button that, if clicked by a user, would bypass res2024-06-11
CVEList
CVE-2024-5691: By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button that, if clicked by a user, would bypass res2024-06-11
OSV
CVE-2024-5691: By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe could have presented a button that, if clicked by a user, would bypass res2024-06-11

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2024-07-03
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2024-06-19
Red Hat
Mozilla: Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window2024-06-11
Debian
CVE-2024-5691: firefox - By tricking the browser with a `X-Frame-Options` header, a sandboxed iframe coul...2024
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-28: CVE-2024-5691
CVE-2024-5691 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Mozilla | cvebase