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CVE-2011-2998 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684815	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14012	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141	CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684815	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14012	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141	[email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-37.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	3.6 3.6.2 3.6.3 3.6.4 3.6.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.22:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

mozilla firefox

3.6

3.6.2

3.6.3

3.6.4

3.6.6

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]