CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-1018

Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

Published: Feb 04, 2025 | Modified: Feb 06, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The fullscreen notification is prematurely hidden when fullscreen is re-requested quickly by the user. This could have been leveraged to perform a potential spoofing attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 135 and Thunderbird < 135.

Weakness

The web application does not restrict or incorrectly restricts frame objects or UI layers that belong to another application or domain, which can lead to user confusion about which interface the user is interacting with.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 135.0 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla 131.0 (including) 135.0 (excluding)
Firefox Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs102 Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Mozjs102 Ubuntu jammy *
Mozjs102 Ubuntu noble *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu devel *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu noble *
Mozjs115 Ubuntu oracular *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs68 Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs78 Ubuntu jammy *
Mozjs91 Ubuntu jammy *
Thunderbird Ubuntu focal *
Thunderbird Ubuntu jammy *

Potential Mitigations

  • The use of X-Frame-Options allows developers of web content to restrict the usage of their application within the form of overlays, frames, or iFrames. The developer can indicate from which domains can frame the content.
  • The concept of X-Frame-Options is well documented, but implementation of this protection mechanism is in development to cover gaps. There is a need for allowing frames from multiple domains.
  • A developer can use a “frame-breaker” script in each page that should not be framed. This is very helpful for legacy browsers that do not support X-Frame-Options security feature previously mentioned.
  • It is also important to note that this tactic has been circumvented or bypassed. Improper usage of frames can persist in the web application through nested frames. The “frame-breaking” script does not intuitively account for multiple nested frames that can be presented to the user.

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