CVE-2011-2378

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The appendChild function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, SeaMonkey 2.x, and possibly ot

The appendChild function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, SeaMonkey 2.x, and possibly other products does not properly handle DOM objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to dereferencing of a "dangling pointer.".

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.04955

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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

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

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 NVD18 Aug 2011 · 06:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-1185-1
usnUSN-1184-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1164Critical
rhsaRHSA-2011:1166Critical

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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/mfsa2011-30.htmlVendor Advisory

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=648065

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14163

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