CVE-2011-1179

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1179
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-18 17:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) plugin/nsScriptablePeer.cpp and (2) plugin/plugin.cpp, which trigger multiple uses of an uninitialized pointer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Redhat Spice-xpi 2.2 All All All
Application Redhat Spice-xpi 2.3 All All All
Application Redhat Spice-xpi 2.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Attachment 487006 Details for Bug 689931 – Resolution of the security issue (nsPluginInstance, getters and setters) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Spice-xpi Bugs Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
689931 – (CVE-2011-1179) CVE-2011-1179 spice-xpi: unitialized pointer writes possible when getting plugin properties af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for spice-xpi - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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