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."
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade xulrunner | Dec 1, 2016 | Aug 18, 2011 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade firefox | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade net-libs/xulrunner-bin.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey-bin.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey.Upgrade dev-libs/nss.Upgrade www-client/icecat.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird.Upgrade net-libs/xulrunner.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin. | 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 thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade xulrunner-develUpgrade xulrunner | Oct 16, 2024 | Aug 18, 2011 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-32bitUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-32bitUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-translationsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-develUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-32bitUpgrade mozilla-xulrunner192Upgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-x86Upgrade mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome | Feb 17, 2015 | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade xulrunner-1.9.2 | Nov 8, 2024 | Aug 18, 2011 |
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