CVE-2011-2366
Mozilla Gecko before 5.0, as used in Firefox before 5.0 and Thunderbird before 5.0, does not block use of a cross-domain image as a WebGL texture, which allows remote attackers to obtain approximate copies of arbitrary images via a timing attack…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Gecko before 5.0, as used in Firefox before 5.0 and Thunderbird before 5.0, does not block use of a cross-domain image as a WebGL texture, which allows remote attackers to obtain approximate copies of arbitrary images via a timing attack involving a crafted WebGL fragment shader.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.42% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/gecko · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00001.html
- http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-March/030882.html
- http://www.contextis.co.uk/resources/blog/webgl/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-25.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655987
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656277
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659349
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL/Cross-Domain_Textures
- https://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/06/cross-domain-webgl-textures-disabled-in-firefox-5/Exploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14221
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00001.html
- http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2011-March/030882.html
- http://www.contextis.co.uk/resources/blog/webgl/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-25.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655987
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656277
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659349
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL/Cross-Domain_Textures
- https://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/06/cross-domain-webgl-textures-disabled-in-firefox-5/Exploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14221
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.