CVE-2002-2436

N/A Unknown
Published: December 07, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.2%
64th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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