# CVE-2011-3659: 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 SeaMon

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2012-02-01 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708198
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14697
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18870
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/mozilla_attribchildremoved.rb

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