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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0079

Original release date:05/07/2011
Last revised:01/27/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x before 4.0.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to gfx/layers/d3d10/ReadbackManagerD3D10.cpp and unknown other vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639885
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643649
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642717
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641388
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639728
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639343
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601102
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-12.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14232

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14232
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta8
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta9
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta10
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta12
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta11
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta2
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

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