PT-2011-2074

CVE-2011-0084

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Published

2011-08-16

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Updated

2024-12-12

Description by

CVSS 2.0
10
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6.20 Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 5 Thunderbird versions 3.x prior to 3.1.12 Thunderbird versions prior to 6 SeaMonkey versions 2.x prior to 2.3
Description The issue arises from the improper handling of SVG text by the SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer."
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6.20, update to version 3.6.20 or later. For Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 5, update to a version later than 5. For Thunderbird versions 3.x prior to 3.1.12, update to version 3.1.12 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 6, update to version 6 or later. For SeaMonkey versions 2.x prior to 2.3, update to version 2.3 or later.
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Related identifiers
DSA-2295-1
DSA-2296-1
DSA-2297-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1100-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2011:1164
RHSA-2011_1164
RHSA-2011:1166
RHSA-2011_1166
ZDI-11-270
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