CVE-2011-0084

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The SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, and 4.x through 5; Thunderbird 3.x be

The SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, and 4.x through 5.

Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12 and other versions before 6.

SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3.

and possibly other products does not properly handle SVG text, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer.".

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.05475

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EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefox<= 3.6.19

mozilla firefoxall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD18 Aug 2011 · 06:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1185-1
Show all 10 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1184-1
usnUSN-1192-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1164Critical
rhsaRHSA-2011:1166Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2011-29

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127

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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1166.htmlVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648094

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14502

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