CVE-2011-3866 (GCVE-0-2011-3866)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-09-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:46
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2011-09-27 00:00
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