CVE-2011-2988

N/A Unknown
Published: August 18, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in an unspecified string class in the WebGL shader implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long source-code block for a shader.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49242
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665936
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14270
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49242
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665936
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14270
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.4%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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