PT-2012-1735 · Mozilla · Firefox+2

Regenrecht · Published 2012-06-18 · Updated 2012-08-03 · CVE-2011-3671

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 8.0 Thunderbird versions 5.0 through 8.0 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.6

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHTMLSelectElement function. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving removal of the parent node of an element.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 8.0, update to a version later than 8.0 to resolve the issue. For Thunderbird versions 5.0 through 8.0, update to a version later than 8.0 to resolve the issue. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.6, update to version 2.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3671

ZDI-12-128

Affected Products

Firefox

Seamonkey

Thunderbird

References · 6

• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-41 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-41.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3671 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-128 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3671 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739343 · Note