Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-6206
CVE-2023-6206
Description
The black fade animation when exiting fullscreen is roughly the length of the anti-clickjacking delay on permission prompts. It was possible to use this fact to surprise users by luring them to click where the permission grant button would be about to appear. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120, Firefox ESR < 115.5.0, and Thunderbird < 115.5.
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Affected products
47<115.5.0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <115.5.0
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <115.5
<120+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: <120
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <120.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <115.5.0
- osv-coords36 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/firefox-esrpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/almalinux/thunderbirdpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefoxpkg:rpm/almalinux/firefox-x11pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1
< 120.0-r0+ 35 more
- (no CPE)range: < 120.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 120.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-150200.8.139.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-1.el8_9.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-1.el9_3.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-1.el9_3.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-150200.8.139.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-150200.8.139.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-150200.8.139.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-150200.8.139.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.5.0-150200.8.139.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-112.194.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-112.194.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-112.194.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150200.152.120.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150000.150.119.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150000.150.119.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.6.0-150000.150.119.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5561nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-50/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-52/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00017.htmlnvdMailing List
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00030.htmlnvd
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