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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3823 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:46:03.279Z

Reserved: 2011-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3866

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-09-29T00:55:03.013

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

Link: CVE-2011-3866

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