CVE-2011-2998 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before version 3.6.23. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious JavaScript containing a large regular expression. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to potential complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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