National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2598

Overview

The WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x allows remote attackers to obtain screenshots of the windows of arbitrary desktop applications via vectors involving an SVG filter, an IFRAME element, and uninitialized data in graphics memory.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/16/webgl_security_threats_redux/

Hyperlink:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/16/webgl_security_threats_redux/

External Source: BID

Name: 48319

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48319

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl2/

Hyperlink:http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl2/

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14207

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14207

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/06/16/webgl-graphics-memory-stealing-issue/

Hyperlink:http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/06/16/webgl-graphics-memory-stealing-issue/

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14207

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14207