Bug 1834688 (CVE-2020-12394)

Summary: CVE-2020-12394 Mozilla: URL spoofing in location bar when unfocussed
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: msiddiqu
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A logic flaw in our location bar implementation could have allowed a local attacker to spoof the current location by selecting a different origin and removing focus from the input element.
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Description msiddiqu 2020-05-12 08:52:19 UTC
A logic flaw in our location bar implementation could have allowed a local attacker to spoof the current location by selecting a different origin and removing focus from the input element.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/#CVE-2020-12394

Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-05-12 08:52:23 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Kestrel