CVE-2002-2437

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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

References

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

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