CVE-2011-3659
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to incorrect AttributeChildRemoved notifications that affect access to removed nsDOMAttribute child nodes.
Predictions
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
Mozilla Firefox 8/9 - 'AttributeChildRemoved()' Use-After-Free (Metasploit)
Metasploit modules
OS impact
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
| 10 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"3.6.26"} | 3.6.26 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.7"} | 2.7 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endExcluding":"3.1.18"} | 3.1.18 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708198
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14697
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708198
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14697
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.