CVE-2002-2436
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before...
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.
- Record
CVE-2002-2436- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.
- Record
CVE-2002-2436- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-2414 No score
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.
- Record
EUVD-2002-2414- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j5hm-v5hc-jgjr No score
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before...
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.
- Record
GHSA-j5hm-v5hc-jgjr- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-2436 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mozilla Firefox, published December 7, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.11%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak
w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2436
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5hm-v5hc-jgjr