Security features bypass in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-6612
Published: July 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94625
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6612
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass CSP protection mechanism.
The vulnerability exists due to CSP violation leakage when using devtools. CSP violations generated links in the console tab of the developer tools, pointing to the violating resource. This caused a DNS prefetch which leaked that a CSP violation happened.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-6612
Install updates from vendor's website.