medium
4.3
CWE
79
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2011-3648: XSS

First published: Wed Nov 09 2011(Updated: )

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.24 and 4.x through 7.0 and Thunderbird before 3.1.6 and 5.0 through 7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted text with Shift JIS encoding.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Firefox=0.1
Firefox=3.6.2
Firefox=0.8
Firefox=2.0.0.12
Firefox=1.5-beta2
Firefox=3.0.17
Firefox=3.5.3
Firefox=3.0.7
Firefox=1.5.2
Firefox=3.0.9
Firefox=1.5.0.6
Firefox=1.8
Firefox=3.6.3
Firefox=2.0.0.2
Firefox=1.5.0.10
Firefox=1.5.0.3
Firefox=3.5.6
Firefox=3.0.8
Firefox=1.5.0.11
Firefox=1.4.1
Firefox=1.5.4
Firefox=1.0.2
Firefox=3.5
Firefox=3.5.5
Firefox=3.0.4
Firefox=1.5-beta1
Firefox=3.5.9
Firefox=3.5.4
Firefox=3.5.7
Firefox=3.0.5
Firefox=3.5.11
Firefox=1.5
Firefox=0.9.1
Firefox=3.5.14
Firefox=1.0.4
Firefox=3.6.15
Firefox=2.0.0.7
Firefox=1.0.7
Firefox=3.5.10
Firefox=3.5.1
Firefox=2.0.0.9
Firefox=0.10.1
Firefox=3.0.14
Firefox=3.5.2
Firefox=0.9
Firefox=3.6.17
Firefox=2.0.0.16
Firefox=3.6.11
Firefox=1.5.6
Firefox=2.0.0.17
Firefox=3.6.8
Firefox=0.7
Firefox=2.0.0.15
Firefox=3.0.10
Firefox=0.2
Firefox=0.3
Firefox=3.6.9
Firefox=3.6.14
Firefox=3.0.12
Firefox=1.0
Firefox=3.0.3
Firefox=1.5.0.7
Firefox=3.6.12
Firefox=2.0
Firefox=1.0.1
Firefox=2.0.0.14
Firefox=0.6
Firefox=0.7.1
Firefox=3.0.6
Firefox=3.0.15
Firefox=1.5.0.8
Firefox=2.0.0.3
Firefox=3.5.12
Firefox=1.5.0.9
Firefox=3.6.6
Firefox=1.5.0.5
Firefox=1.5.7
Firefox=1.5.0.12
Firefox=2.0.0.6
Firefox=3.0
Firefox=3.6.21
Firefox=2.0.0.11
Firefox=1.5.0.2
Firefox=3.6.16
Firefox=1.0.3
Firefox=3.0.1
Firefox=2.0.0.4
Firefox<=3.6.23
Firefox=0.5
Firefox=0.6.1
Firefox=1.5.1
Firefox=3.6.10
Firefox=0.9.3
Firefox=2.0.0.13
Firefox=2.0.0.18
Firefox=3.6.19
Firefox=3.5.13
Firefox=2.0.0.1
Firefox=3.0.2
Firefox=3.5.8
Firefox=3.6.7
Firefox=1.5.5
Firefox=0.9.2
Firefox=1.0-preview_release
Firefox=3.6.4
Firefox=3.6.18
Firefox=3.5.15
Firefox=3.6.20
Firefox=3.6
Firefox=2.0.0.20
Firefox=2.0.0.8
Firefox=3.6.22
Firefox=0.9-rc
Firefox=2.0.0.19
Firefox=1.5.8
Firefox=3.6.13
Firefox=1.5.3
Firefox=0.4
Firefox=1.5.0.4
Firefox=1.5.0.1
Firefox=3.0.13
Firefox=0.10
Firefox=1.0.5
Firefox=2.0.0.5
Firefox=2.0.0.10
Firefox=1.0.6
Firefox=3.0.16
Firefox=1.0.8
Firefox=3.0.11
Thunderbird=3.0.8
Thunderbird=3.0.5
Thunderbird=1.5.0.7
Thunderbird=0.6
Thunderbird=0.7.2
Thunderbird=2.0.0.4
Thunderbird=3.1.11
Thunderbird=3.0.9
Thunderbird=2.0.0.6
Thunderbird=0.3
Thunderbird=2.0.0.21
Thunderbird=3.0.1
Thunderbird=0.2
Thunderbird=3.1.2
Thunderbird=3.1.1
Thunderbird=1.0.7
Thunderbird=2.0.0.18
Thunderbird=2.0.0.9
Thunderbird=2.0.0.15
Thunderbird=2.0.0.16
Thunderbird=2.0.0.20
Thunderbird=2.0.0.8
Thunderbird=2.0.0.7
Thunderbird=1.7.1
Thunderbird=1.5.0.3
Thunderbird=1.5.0.10
Thunderbird=1.5.0.5
Thunderbird=3.1.4
Thunderbird=1.5.0.6
Thunderbird=1.0
Thunderbird=3.0.7
Thunderbird=2.0.0.3
Thunderbird=3.0.6
Thunderbird=1.0.1
Thunderbird=1.5-beta2
Thunderbird=2.0.0.2
Thunderbird=3.0.10
Thunderbird=3.0.3
Thunderbird=1.0.2
Thunderbird=2.0.0.0
Thunderbird=1.5.0.13
Thunderbird=3.0.11
Thunderbird=2.0.0.12
Thunderbird=2.0.0.22
Thunderbird=1.5
Thunderbird=1.5.0.2
Thunderbird=3.1.10
Thunderbird=2.0.0.13
Thunderbird=1.5.0.8
Thunderbird=2.0.0.14
Thunderbird=3.0.4
Thunderbird=0.5
Thunderbird=1.0.4
Thunderbird=1.5.2
Thunderbird=2.0.0.17
Thunderbird=2.0.0.23
Thunderbird=1.5.0.9
Thunderbird=1.5.0.11
Thunderbird=0.9
Thunderbird=1.0.3
Thunderbird=2.0
Thunderbird=2.0.0.11
Thunderbird=3.0
Thunderbird=1.5.0.12
Thunderbird=0.7.3
Thunderbird=0.4
Thunderbird=1.5.1
Thunderbird=0.7
Thunderbird=1.5.0.14
Thunderbird=3.1
Thunderbird=1.0.6
Thunderbird=1.0.5-beta
Thunderbird=3.1.3
Thunderbird=2.0.0.5
Thunderbird=1.7.3
Thunderbird=2.0.0.1
Thunderbird<=3.1.5
Thunderbird=1.5.0.1
Thunderbird=1.0.8
Thunderbird=0.1
Thunderbird=0.7.1
Thunderbird=1.0.5
Thunderbird=0.8
Thunderbird=3.0.2
Thunderbird=2.0.0.19
Thunderbird=1.5.0.4
Firefox=4.0-beta6
Firefox=4.0-beta1
Firefox=4.0-beta9
Firefox=4.0-beta5
Firefox=4.0-beta8
Firefox=4.0-beta12
Firefox=4.0-beta3
Firefox=5.0.1
Firefox=5.0
Firefox=7.0
Firefox=6.0.2
Firefox=4.0-beta2
Firefox=4.0-beta4
Firefox=4.0-beta10
Firefox=6.0.1
Firefox=4.0
Firefox=6.0
Firefox=4.0-beta11
Firefox=4.0-beta7
Firefox=4.0.1
Thunderbird=7.0
Thunderbird=6.0.1
Thunderbird=5.0
Thunderbird=6.0.2
Thunderbird=6.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2011-3648?

    The severity of CVE-2011-3648 is considered high as it allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML.

  • How do I fix CVE-2011-3648?

    To fix CVE-2011-3648, update Mozilla Firefox to version 3.6.24 or higher, or to the latest version of Thunderbird.

  • What are the affected versions for CVE-2011-3648?

    CVE-2011-3648 affects Mozilla Firefox versions before 3.6.24 and Thunderbird versions before 3.1.6.

  • Can CVE-2011-3648 be exploited remotely?

    Yes, CVE-2011-3648 can be exploited remotely through specially crafted text that uses Shift JIS encoding.

  • What type of vulnerability is CVE-2011-3648?

    CVE-2011-3648 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that affects multiple versions of Firefox and Thunderbird.

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