CVE-2011-2378

Mozilla: Dangling pointer vulnerability in appendChild

Published Aug 18, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 5.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
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."

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2295-1 iceape security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2296-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2297-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2367 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."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1184-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1185-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:00 PM
Reserved
Jun 3, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 18, 2011, 6:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Aug 16, 2011, 12:00 AM