CVE-2011-1179

Description

The 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.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.59% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025304 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=487006&action=diff patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0426.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0427.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66777 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0899 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44060 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47269 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689931 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1179?
CVE-2011-1179 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1179?
To fix CVE-2011-1179, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1179 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1179 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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