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critical 10.0

CVE-2011-0085 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULCommandDispatcher function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMon…

published 2011-06-30 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0111

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsXULCommandDispatcher function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMonkey through 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XUL document that dequeues the current command updater.

Patch / fix

  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-71.el4
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 4 1.0.9-71.el4
  • seamonkey-mail RHEL 4 1.0.9-71.el4
  • seamonkey-js-debugger RHEL 4 1.0.9-71.el4
  • seamonkey-dom-inspector RHEL 4 1.0.9-71.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-39.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.0.0.24-18.el5_6
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 3.1.11-2.el6_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0888RHSA-2011:0887RHSA-2011:0886RHSA-2011:0885

  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

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-2011-0085 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla Multiple dangling pointer vulnerabilities (MFSA 2011-23)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) firefox 3.6.18-1.el5_6, xulrunner 1.9.2.18-2.el5_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 3.6.18-2.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-71.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-39.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-71.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0885
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) thunderbird 2.0.0.24-18.el5_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 3.6.18-2.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-71.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-39.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-71.el4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 3.6.18-2.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-71.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-39.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-71.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0885
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.24-18.el5_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 3.6.18-1.el6_1, xulrunner 1.9.2.18-2.el6_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 3.1.11-2.el6_1, xulrunner 1.9.2.18-2.el6_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 3.6.18-2.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-71.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-71.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-39.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-71.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0885

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Exploit prediction

5.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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