Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3866
CVE-2011-3866
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.0
- (no CPE)range: <7.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.4
- (no CPE)range: <2.4
Patches
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References
4- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-45.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.usenix.org/events/hotsec11/tech/tech.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13954nvdThird Party Advisory
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