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CVE-2011-0051

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0051 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.5.17 and 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, where improper handling of recursive eval calls allows remote attackers to force users into granting privileges via manipulated dialog questions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.14-3.el6_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.14-4.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-35.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-67.el4_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-14.el5_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.14-4.el5_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.14-4.el5_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.14-4.el6_0
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 4.8Fixed in: firefox
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 4.8Fixed in: seamonkey
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 4.8Fixed in: thunderbird
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 5.6Fixed in: firefox
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 5.6Fixed in: thunderbird
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.0Fixed in: firefox

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0051Critical

Mozilla recursive eval call causes confirm dialog to evaluate to true (MFSA 2011-02)

Mar 1, 2011

References

downloads.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100133195
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14211
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100128655
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-02.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0312.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0313.html