CVE-2011-3866

N/A Unknown

Published: September 29, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 7.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly restrict availability of motion data events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to read keystrokes by leveraging JavaScript code running in a background tab.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-45.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.usenix.org/events/hotsec11/tech/tech.html#Cai

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682562

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13954

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-45.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.usenix.org/events/hotsec11/tech/tech.html#Cai

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682562

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13954

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.4%

68th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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