Low severity · published Jun 19, 2023
CVE-2023-34414
The error page for sites with invalid TLS certificates was missing the activation-delay Firefox uses to protect prompts and permission dialogs from attacks that exploit human…
3.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The error page for sites with invalid TLS certificates was missing the
activation-delay Firefox uses to protect prompts and permission dialogs
from attacks that exploit human response time delays. If a malicious
page elicited user clicks in precise locations immediately before
navigating to a site with a certificate error and made the renderer
extremely busy at the same time, it could create a gap between when
the error page was loaded and when the display actually refreshed.
With the right timing the elicited clicks could land in that gap and
activate the button that overrides the certificate error for that site. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.12, Firefox < 114, and Thunderbird < 102.12.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 114.0 · source: NVD
FE
Firefox Esr · Mozilla
before 102.12 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 102.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34414
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34414
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1695986
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-03
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-19/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-20/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-21/
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