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CVE-2011-0056

Buffer overflow in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before

Buffer overflow in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving exception timing and a large number of string values, aka an "atom map" issue.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.09158
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  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

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mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.0.11
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD02 Mar 2011 · 08:00 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
usnUSN-1123-1
usnUSN-1049-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:0310Critical
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133195
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:041
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-05.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46650
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622015
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14013
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