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CVE-2011-0061

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0061 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by tricking users into opening a specially crafted JPEG image. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains significant.

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

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0470 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:3.1.8-4.el6_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.14-4.el4
View patch
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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.14-3.el6_0
View patch
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 5.6Fixed in: firefox
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.0Fixed in: firefox
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.0Fixed in: thunderbird

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0061Critical

Mozilla crash caused by corrupted JPEG image (MFSA 2011-09)

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%3A14486
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-09.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/46651