firefox: Does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading
Published Dec 7, 2011
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.82%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 and earlier does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine whether a document exists in the browser cache via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.82% (0.01818) | 77.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 77.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00241) | 45.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00277) | 69.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 72.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 26, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 70.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 71.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cachetime/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47090 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4688 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761550 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13770 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4688
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cachetime/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47090 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4688 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761550 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4688 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13770 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4688 |
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