CVE-2024-6607 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-6607

Leaving pointerlock by pressing the escape key could be prevented

Vulnerability Description

It was possible to prevent a user from exiting pointerlock when pressing escape and to overlay customValidity notifications from a `&lt;select&gt;` element over certain permission prompts. This could be used to confuse a user into giving a site unintended permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Thunderbird < 128.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Irvan Kurniawan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Firefox, Thunderbird
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: July 9th, 2024
Last Modified: October 30th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.