Mozilla: crash in plugin API (MFSA 2011-36)
Published Sep 29, 2011
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.50%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the plugin API in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- 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
- 3.6.17
- 3.6.18
- 3.6.19
- 3.6.20
- 3.6.21
- 3.6.22
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not 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: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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.50% (0.04500) | 91.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.38% (0.04379) | 90.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.71% (0.08708) | 92.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 6.87% (0.06868) | 91.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.18% (0.05178) | 88.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.45% (0.18454) | 92.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.32% (0.05318) | 89.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 25.02% (0.25024) | 96.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 19, 2024 | 23.63% (0.23633) | 96.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2024 | 19.03% (0.19034) | 96.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 17, 2023 | 14.82% (0.14822) | 95.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 11.19% (0.11185) | 94.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.21% (0.07205) | 92.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 88.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 75.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-36.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2996 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555018 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741903 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2996
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14064 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2996
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-36.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2996 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555018 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741903 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2996 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14064 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2996 |
Change history (0)
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