CVE-2011-2984

N/A Unknown
Published: August 18, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, SeaMonkey 2.x, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, and possibly other products does not properly handle the dropping of a tab element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by establishing a content area and registering for drop events.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572129
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14358
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572129
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14358
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.6%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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