CVE-2011-2598 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2598?

CVE-2011-2598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 30 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x allows remote attackers to obtain screenshots of the windows of arbitrary desktop applications via vectors involving an SVG filter, an IFRAME element, and uninitialized data in graphics memory.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2598?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-2598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
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All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-833r-vjfj-j25r.