CVE-2024-11698
firefox: thunderbird: Fullscreen Lock-Up When Modal Dialog Interrupts Transition on macOS
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 26, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue: A flaw in handling fullscreen transitions may have inadvertently caused the application to become stuck in fullscreen mode when a modal dialog was opened during the transition. This issue left users unable to exit fullscreen mode using standard actions like pressing "Esc" or accessing right-click menus, resulting in a disrupted browsing experience until the browser is restarted. Note: this bug only affects the application when running on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
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 3.1 · 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions