CVE-2011-2986 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2986?

CVE-2011-2986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 Aug 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

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, and possibly other products, when the Direct2D (aka D2D) API is used on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and obtain sensitive image data from a different domain, by inserting this data into a canvas.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2986?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2986?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-2986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

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• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w28f-6ggv-2vjv.