CVE-2019-11754

Mozilla: Pointer Lock is enabled with no user notification

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 18, 2019

Updated · January 14, 2026

Description

When the pointer lock is enabled by a website though requestPointerLock(), no user notification is given. This could allow a malicious website to hijack the mouse pointer and confuse users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69.0.1.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-451 · User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information