CVE-2011-3671

high
Published 2012-06-18 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLSelectElement function in nsHTMLSelectElement.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 8.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 8.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving removal of the parent node of an element.

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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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endIncluding":"2.5"}
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 mozillaseamonkey1.0.99
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 mozillaseamonkey2.0.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0a1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0a1pre
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.3.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird5.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird6.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird6.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird6.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird7.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird7.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird8.0

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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