Firefox Flaw Causes Stuck Fullscreen Mode on macOS

CVE-2024-11698

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Key Information

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Thunderbird
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 November 2024

Summary

A flaw in handling fullscreen transitions may have inadvertently caused the application to become stuck in fullscreen mode when a modal dialog was opened during the transition. This issue left users unable to exit fullscreen mode using standard actions like pressing "Esc" or accessing right-click menus, resulting in a disrupted browsing experience until the browser is restarted.
This bug only affects the application when running on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox < 133

Firefox ESR < 128.5

Thunderbird < 133

Refferences

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Kang Ali of Punggawa Cybersecurity
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