CVE-2011-2998

N/A Unknown

Published: September 30, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Integer underflow in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via JavaScript code containing a large RegExp expression.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684815

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14012

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html