Mozilla dangling pointer flaw (MFSA 2011-13)
Published May 7, 2011
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 70.21%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, does not properly use nsTreeRange data structures, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 3.6
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
- 3.6.13
- 3.6.14
- 3.6.15
- 3.6.16
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.0.13
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
Configuration 3
- ≤ 3.5.18
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.8
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.5.11
- 3.5.12
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
- 3.5.15
- 3.5.16
- 3.5.17
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.6.17-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0471
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-70.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0473
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-38.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.6.17-1.el5_6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0471
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-17.el5_6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.2.17-3.el5_6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0471
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:3.6.17-1.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0471
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:3.1.10-1.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0475
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:1.9.2.17-4.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0471
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.6.17-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0471 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-70.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0473 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-38.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.6.17-1.el5_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0471 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-17.el5_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.17-3.el5_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0471 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:3.6.17-1.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0471 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:3.1.10-1.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0475 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.17-4.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0471 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 70.21% (0.70213) | 99.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 69.98% (0.69977) | 99.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 81.16% (0.81161) | 99.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.66% (0.96657) | 99.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 96.40% (0.96404) | 99.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 26, 2023 | 96.48% (0.96480) | 99.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 13, 2023 | 96.52% (0.96517) | 99.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 96.58% (0.96576) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2023 | 96.54% (0.96535) | 99.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 96.52% (0.96520) | 99.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.62% (0.96624) | 99.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 83.71% (0.83707) | 99.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 27, 2022 | 83.71% (0.83707) | 99.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 9, 2022 | 84.19% (0.84192) | 99.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 84.95% (0.84949) | 99.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100134543 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100144158 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8310 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2227 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2228 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2235 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:079 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-13.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0073 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630919 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700619 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14020 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0073
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.