VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-0073

critical
Published 2011-05-07 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, does not properly use nsTreeRange data structures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-17419 remote windows verified
Abysssec · 2011-06-20

Mozilla Firefox - 'nsTreeRange' Dangling Pointer (2)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
EDB-17520 remote windows verified
Metasploit · 2011-07-10

Mozilla Firefox - 'nsTreeRange' Dangling Pointer (Metasploit) (1)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/mozilla_nstreerange rank 300
Mozilla Firefox "nsTreeRange" Dangling Pointer Vulnerability
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.16
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endIncluding":"2.0.13"}
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.12
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.15
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.16
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.17
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.18
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.19
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"3.5.18"}
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.17

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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