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CVE-2011-3659

69
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3659 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox (versions before 3.6.26 and 4.x-9.0), Thunderbird (before 3.1.18 and 5.0-9.0), and SeaMonkey (before 2.7). This flaw, stemming from incorrect AttributeChildRemoved notifications, could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it represents a high-severity risk, indicating network-based attacks with medium complexity leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is publicly available, though there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.6.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0, < 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.1.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0, < 10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
36.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Firefox 8/9 AttributeChildRemoved() Use-After-Free · Dec 6, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-18870 · May 13, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3651 is in the 96th 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 (7)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.26-2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.26-1.el5_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.26-1.el5_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.26-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:3.1.18-1.el6_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3659Critical

Mozilla: child nodes from nsDOMAttribute still accessible after removal of nodes (MFSA 2012-04)

Jan 31, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14697
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html
Vendor Advisory