CVE-2011-1712 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can leak heap memory addresses via crafted XSLT documents, requiring user interaction to view the malicious content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1712?
CVE-2011-1712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 15 Apr 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The txXPathNodeUtils::getXSLTId function in txMozillaXPathTreeWalker.cpp and txStandaloneXPathTreeWalker.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19, 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and 4.x before 4.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about heap memory addresses via an XML document containing a call to the XSLT generate-id XPath function.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1712?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1712?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-1712 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1712 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rr4-9q45-q5mw.