Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11754
Published: September 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21197
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11754
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attacks.
The vulnerability exists due Firefox allows the requestPointerLock()method to manipulate mouse pointer lock without user notification. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, hijack mouse pointer and confuse the victim.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11754
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 69.0.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 69.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1