Bug 1151260 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-11754: MozillaFirefox: Pointer Lock is enabled with no user notification

Bug 1151260 - (CVE-2019-11754) VUL-0: CVE-2019-11754: MozillaFirefox: Pointer Lock is enabled with no user notification

(CVE-2019-11754)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2019-11754: MozillaFirefox: Pointer Lock is enabled with no user n...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal
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Assigned To:	Charles Robertson
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/242915/
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Reported:	2019-09-19 06:29 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified:	2020-04-17 15:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Alexander Bergmann 2019-09-19 06:29:31 UTC

rh#1753448

When the pointer lock is enabled by a website though `requestPointerLock()`, no user notification is given. This could allow a malicious website to hijack the mouse pointer and confuse users.

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-31/#CVE-2019-11754

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1753448
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-11754

Comment 1 Alexander Bergmann 2019-09-19 06:29:49 UTC

This only affects openSUSE:Factory.

Comment 2 Marcus Meissner 2020-04-17 15:50:47 UTC

was fixed I would assume.