CVE-2024-1550
Mozilla: Mouse cursor re-positioned unexpectedly could have led to unintended permission grants
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 20, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
A malicious website could have used a combination of exiting fullscreen mode and requestPointerLock to cause the user's mouse to be re-positioned unexpectedly, which could have led to user confusion and inadvertently granting permissions they did not intend to grant.
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 · 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-1021 · Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames