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CVE-2011-0051 json

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, does not properly handle certain recursive eval calls,…

published 2011-03-02 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0077

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, does not properly handle certain recursive eval calls, which makes it easier for remote attackers to force a user to respond positively to a dialog question, as demonstrated by a question about granting privileges.

Patch / fix

  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-67.el4_8
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 4 1.0.9-67.el4_8
  • seamonkey-mail RHEL 4 1.0.9-67.el4_8
  • seamonkey-js-debugger RHEL 4 1.0.9-67.el4_8
  • seamonkey-dom-inspector RHEL 4 1.0.9-67.el4_8
  • firefox RHEL 4 3.6.14-4.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.6.14-4.el5_6
  • firefox RHEL 6 3.6.14-4.el6_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0313RHSA-2011:0310RHSA-2011:0312

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0051 updated cvss 5.1

Mozilla recursive eval call causes confirm dialog to evaluate to true (MFSA 2011-02)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) firefox 3.6.14-4.el5_6, xulrunner 1.9.2.14-4.el5_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 3.6.14-4.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-67.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-35.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-67.el4_8, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 3.6.14-4.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 3.6.14-4.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-67.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-35.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-67.el4_8, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 3.6.14-4.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-67.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-35.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-67.el4_8, +1 more
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 3.6.14-4.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 3.6.14-4.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 3.6.14-4.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 1.9.2.14-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 3.6.14-4.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-67.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-35.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-67.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-67.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0310
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.24-14.el5_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0312

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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