Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2011-2991
The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, Thunderbird before 6, and possibly other products does not properly implement JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.0
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14303 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/49055 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html (Vendor Advisory)