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.
CVE-2011-3659
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 98.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 1, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708198
- cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14697
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00003.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00007.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-04.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708198
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14697
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-3659(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | thunderbird (10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox (10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.26+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1) @ maverick | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | thunderbird (3.1.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.26-1.el6_2 | 2012-02-01 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:3.1.18-1.el6_2 | 2012-01-31 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(4)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-05-29 05:37 UTCVendor advisory
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-18870✓ verifiedFirst seen May 13, 2012
Mozilla Firefox 8/9 - 'AttributeChildRemoved()' Use-After-Free (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/mozilla_attribchildremoved✓ verifiedFirst seen Dec 6, 2011
Firefox 8/9 AttributeChildRemoved() Use-After-Free
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