CVE-2011-2998
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-2998 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2011-09-30 10:55:03 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
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 | 3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.9 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integer underflow when using JavaScript RegExp — Mozilla | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:139 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:140 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2312-1 iceape | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2313-1 iceweasel | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2317-1 icedove | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Bug 684815 – Crash in the SpiderMonkey v.1.9.2 (FF 3.6.21) during regular expression evaluation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:141 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:1256-1: critical: Security update for M | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.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.