Integer underflow in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via JavaScript code containing a large RegExp expression.
CVE-2011-2998
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 30, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684815
- cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14012
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-2998(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2011:1344Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2011:1341Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
- RHSA-2011:1343Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
- RHSA-2011:1342Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.23-1.el6_1.1 | 2011-09-28 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-26.el5_7 | 2011-09-28 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-76.el4 | 2011-09-28 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:3.1.15-1.el6_1 | 2011-09-28 | 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.
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