CVE-2011-1179 (GCVE-0-2011-1179)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-04-18 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) plugin/nsScriptablePeer.cpp and (2) plugin/plugin.cpp, which trigger multiple uses of an uninitialized pointer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025304 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=487… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-04… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-04… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0899 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/44060 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47269 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689931 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2011-04-07 00:00
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