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."
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade xulrunner | Dec 1, 2016 | Aug 18, 2011 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey-bin.Upgrade net-libs/xulrunner-bin.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin.Upgrade net-libs/xulrunner.Upgrade www-client/icecat.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin.Upgrade dev-libs/nss.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 18, 2011 |
| Mfsa2011 30 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.20 | Aug 19, 2011 | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 3.1.12 | Feb 22, 2012 | Aug 18, 2011 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade xulrunnerUpgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade thunderbird | Oct 16, 2024 | Aug 18, 2011 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-x86Upgrade mozilla-xulrunner192Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-gnomeUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-develUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-32bitUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-32bitUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-translations | Feb 17, 2015 | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade xulrunner-1.9.2Upgrade firefox | Nov 8, 2024 | Aug 18, 2011 |
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