National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3647

Overview

The JSSubScriptLoader in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.24 and Thunderbird before 3.1.6 does not properly handle XPCNativeWrappers during calls to the loadSubScript method in an add-on, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site that leverages certain unwrapping behavior, a related issue to CVE-2011-3004.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680880

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680880

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1439

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1439.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-46.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-46.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13550

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13550

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2011:1256

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13550

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13550