Description
YARR, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 7.0, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 45.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 3
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61585
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-1 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-42.html
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-11-1 vendor-advisory
- 46315 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653672
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-4 vendor-advisory
- 49055 third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:141 vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
- MDVSA-2011:142 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14408 vdb-entry signature
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001
- openSUSE-SU-2011:1076 vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-2 vendor-advisory