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    CVE-2011-2998

    Integer underflow in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via JavaScript code containing a large RegExp expression.

    Published:Sep 28, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Sep 30, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.02766
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684815
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14012
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684815
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14012

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High