CVE-2011-2983

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.12, SeaMonkey 1.x and 2.x, and possibly other products does not properly handle the RegExp.input property, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read data from a different domain via a crafted web site, possibly related to a use-after-free.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.85% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025940 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626297
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1165.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14272 signature vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1167.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2983?
CVE-2011-2983 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2983?
To fix CVE-2011-2983, 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-2011-2983 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-2983 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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