CVE-2011-0081: Critical severity mozilla firefox vulnerability

Published May 7, 2011

Updated

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.17 and 4.x before 4.0.1, and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Affected Software

37 affected components

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.2

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.3

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.15

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.11

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.8

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.9

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.14

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.12

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.6

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.16

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.1

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.10

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.7

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.4

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.13

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta6

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta1

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta9

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta5

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta8

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta12

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta3

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta2

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta4

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta10

Mozilla Firefox=4.0

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta11

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta7

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.8

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.7

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.2

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.9

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.1

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.4

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.5

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.3

Mozilla Thunderbird=3.1.6

Remediation

Patch Available

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645289

Event History

May 7, 2011

CVE Published

via MITRE·06:00 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·06:00 PM

Description

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0081?

CVE-2011-0081 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for causing denial of service and arbitrary code execution.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0081?

To fix CVE-2011-0081, update Mozilla Firefox or Thunderbird to the latest versions that have patched this vulnerability.

What versions of Firefox are affected by CVE-2011-0081?

CVE-2011-0081 affects Firefox versions 3.6.x before 3.6.17 and 4.x before 4.0.1.

What versions of Thunderbird are affected by CVE-2011-0081?

CVE-2011-0081 affects Thunderbird versions 3.1.x before 3.1.10.

What kind of attacks can exploit CVE-2011-0081?

CVE-2011-0081 can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.