CVE-2011-2988
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-2988 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2011-08-18 18:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta10 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta11 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta12 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta7 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta8 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0 | beta9 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 4.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | alpha_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | alpha_2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | alpha_3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | beta_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | beta_2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | alpha1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | alpha2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | alpha3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.1 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.2 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.2 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.2 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFSA 2011-29: Security issues addressed in Firefox 6 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| MFSA 2011-31: Security issues addressed in Thunderbird 6 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | |
| Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2011-2988 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| MFSA 2011-33: Security issues addressed in SeaMonkey 2.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| 665936 – (CVE-2011-2988) string crash found while fuzzing WebGL shaders | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.