CVE-2002-2437

The JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly restrict the set of values contained in the object returned by the getComputedStyle method, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages by calling this method.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2011-12-07

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Firefox (Mozilla)
• Seamonkey (Mozilla)
• Thunderbird (Mozilla)

References

• http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
• http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
• http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector