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CVE-2021-29959

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

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.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: from 78.11.0 before 89.0 — fixed in 89.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 89.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395819
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-09
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395819
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-09
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/

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