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 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.
Published:Jun 6, 2023
Last Modified:Feb 13, 2025
EPS:Jun 19, 2023
EPSS Score:0.00058
CVSS Score:3.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox
Mozilla
Firefox
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox Esr
Mozilla
Firefox Esr
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Thunderbird
Mozilla
Thunderbird
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel Aus
Redhat
Rhel Aus
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel E4s
Redhat
Rhel E4s
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel Eus
Redhat
Rhel Eus
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel Tus
Redhat
Rhel Tus
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
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Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
