Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to OBJECT's mChannel.
CVE-2011-0065
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 74%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 7, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100144158
- cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8326
- cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8331
- cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8340
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2227
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2228
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2235
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:079
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-13.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634986
- cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14142
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100144158
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8326
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8331
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8340
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-0065(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | thunderbird (3.1.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1) @ maverick | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xulrunner-1.9.1 (1.9.1.19+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1) @ karmic | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.17+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1) @ karmic | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | thunderbird (3.1.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1) @ natty | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.17-4.el6_0 | 2011-04-29 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(4)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-06 16:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-29 08:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-29 08:04 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-29 08:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 Metasploit modules) (4 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-18377✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 17, 2012
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 (OSX) - mChannel Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (2)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-17672✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 16, 2011
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 (Windows 7) - mChannel Object Use-After-Free
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-17650✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 10, 2011
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 (Windows) - mChannel Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (1)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-17612✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 5, 2011
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 - OBJECT mChannel Remote Code Execution (DEP Bypass) (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/osx/browser/mozilla_mchannel✓ verifiedFirst seen May 10, 2011
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 mChannel Use-After-Free
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/mozilla_mchannel✓ verifiedFirst seen May 10, 2011
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 mChannel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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