Unauthorized browser actions via transform hit-testing errors
Published Dec 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
UI redressing in Firefox before 103, Firefox ESR before 102.1 or 91.12, and Thunderbird before 102.1 or 91.12 lets remote attackers misdirect clicks. WebRender hit testing loses precision when multiplying very large CSS transform matrices by their inverses, so the visible pointer and dispatched mouse event resolve to different coordinates. A crafted page requires a user click and suitable Fission, WebRender, and display-scaling conditions; the click can approve a permission prompt or add an extension.
Summary
What happened
UI redressing in Firefox before 103, Firefox ESR before 102.1 or 91.12, and Thunderbird before 102.1 or 91.12 lets remote attackers misdirect clicks. WebRender hit testing loses precision when multiplying very large CSS transform matrices by their inverses, so the visible pointer and dispatched mouse event resolve to different coordinates. A crafted page requires a user click and suitable Fission, WebRender, and display-scaling conditions; the click can approve a permission prompt or add an extension.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36319
- Published
- Dec 22, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-1021, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <103
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Public exploit references
- Mozilla Bugzilla cursor-redirection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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