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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 30, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified