CVE-2011-3661

Description

YARR, as used in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 8.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 8.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.53% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691299
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:192 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47334 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026447 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026446 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026445 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71909 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14424 signature vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-54.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47302 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00001.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3661?
CVE-2011-3661 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3661?
To fix CVE-2011-3661, 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-2011-3661 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-3661 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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