TI-2011-03229 Aliases CVE-2011-3659 GHSA-6j4m-9ghg-x3p4

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0…

HIGH 66CWE-416Published 2012-02-01 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to incorrect AttributeChildRemoved notifications that affect access to removed nsDOMAttribute child nodes.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.36824 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	before 3.6.26; 4.0 to before 10.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::	before 2.7	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::	before 3.1.18; 5.0 to before 10.0	Vulnerable	Mozilla
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::*	11.4	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4::::::	10 sp4	Vulnerable	SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1::::::	11 sp1	Vulnerable	SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4::::::	10 sp4	Vulnerable	SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1::::::	11 sp1	Vulnerable	SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1::::vmware::*	11 sp1	Vulnerable	SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4::::::	10 sp4	Vulnerable	SUSE

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.6.26; 4.0 to before 10.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1.18; 5.0 to before 10.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.4 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 sp4 Vulnerable ·SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 sp1 Vulnerable ·SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 sp4 Vulnerable ·SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 sp1 Vulnerable ·SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:* Versions 11 sp1 Vulnerable ·SUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 sp4 Vulnerable ·SUSE

Show 1 more CPE

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp1::::::	11 sp1	Vulnerable	SUSE

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 sp1 Vulnerable ·SUSE

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

RHSA-2012:0079 Released 2012-02-01 · Red Hat rating Critical
firefox security update
- RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el5_7, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el5_7, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el5_7.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox-3.6.26-1.el5_7, firefox-3.6.26-1.el5_7.i386, firefox-3.6.26-1.el5_7.ia64 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox-3.6.26-2.el4, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox-3.6.26-1.el5_7, firefox-3.6.26-1.el5_7.i386, xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el5_7 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox-3.6.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox-3.6.26-2.el4, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox-3.6.26-2.el4, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox-3.6.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox-3.6.26-1.el6_2, firefox-3.6.26-1.el6_2.ppc, xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2.ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox-3.6.26-2.el4, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.i386, firefox-3.6.26-2.el4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox-3.6.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2, xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.26-1.el6_2
RHSA-2012:0080 Released 2012-01-31 · Red Hat rating Critical
thunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) thunderbird-3.1.18-1.el6_2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079, RHSA-2012:0080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079, RHSA-2012:0080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079, RHSA-2012:0080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2012:0079

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-3659
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6j4m-9ghg-x3p4

References

Exploit 1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708198

Advisory 6

Sources

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