CVE-2011-2598

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 4.0, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta10, 4.0-beta11, 4.0-beta12, 4.0-beta2 (+8)

References

http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/06/16/webgl-graphics-memory-stealing-issue/
http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48319
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/16/webgl_security_threats_redux/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14207
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/06/16/webgl-graphics-memory-stealing-issue/
http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48319
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/16/webgl_security_threats_redux/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14207

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