CVE-2011-2996
Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 10
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.50%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
- Score date: 10/13/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-36.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14064
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-36.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14064
Raw JSON (NVD)
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