Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, SeaMonkey 2.x, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, and possibly other products does not properly handle the dropping of a tab element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by establishing a content area and registering for drop events.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2295-1 iceape security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2296-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2297-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2952 Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, SeaMonkey 2.x, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, and possibly other products does not properly handle the dropping of a tab element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by establishing a content area and registering for drop events.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1184-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1185-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:25.980Z

Reserved: 2011-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2984

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-18T18:55:01.693

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2984

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2984 - Bugzilla

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