CVE-2011-3866 (GCVE-0-2011-3866)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-09-29 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 23:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
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