CVE-2011-2669 Denial of service in Firefox
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Mozilla Firefox by exploiting a certificate validation issue.
- 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-2011-2669?
CVE-2011-2669 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 21 Jan 2020. 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
Mozilla Firefox prior to 3.6 has a DoS vulnerability due to an issue in the validation of certificates.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2669?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2669?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-2669 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2669 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpfq-gv6p-4pv8.