Description
When a user has already allowed a website to access microphone and camera, disabling camera sharing would not fully prevent the website from re-enabling it without an additional prompt. This was only possible if the website kept recording with the microphone until re-enabling the camera. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.
Published: 2021-06-24
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-16418 When a user has already allowed a website to access microphone and camera, disabling camera sharing would not fully prevent the website from re-enabling it without an additional prompt. This was only possible if the website kept recording with the microphone until re-enabling the camera. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4978-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:18:03.281Z

Reserved: 2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-29959

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-24T14:15:10.170

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:02:03.807

Link: CVE-2021-29959

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