# CVE-2011-0084: The SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, and 4.x through 5; Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12 and othe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-08-18 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The SVGTextElement.getCharNumAtPosition function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, and 4.x through 5; Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12 and other versions before 6; SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3; and possibly other products does not properly handle SVG text, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to a "dangling pointer."

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2297
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2296
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1166.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1164.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14502
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2295
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648094

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