CVE-2011-3866 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-3866?

CVE-2011-3866 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 29 Sep 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3866?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3866?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-3866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4wmv-p7gx-jgg9.