firefox: information leak due to XSLT
Published Apr 15, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.07%
Description
The txXPathNodeUtils::getXSLTId function in txMozillaXPathTreeWalker.cpp and txStandaloneXPathTreeWalker.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19, 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and 4.x before 4.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about heap memory addresses via an XML document containing a call to the XSLT generate-id XPath function.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 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
Configuration 2
- 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 4
- ≤ 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
- 2.0.1
- 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
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 2, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01070) | 63.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01070) | 60.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00358) | 55.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 76.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 75.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 72.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/03/multi-browser-heap-address-leak-in-xslt.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-18.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1712 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640339 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697732 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66836 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1712
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14467 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1712
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/03/multi-browser-heap-address-leak-in-xslt.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-18.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1712 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640339 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697732 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66836 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1712 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14467 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1712 |
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