Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 8.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 8.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a compartment mismatch associated with the nsDOMMessageEvent::GetData function, and unknown other vectors.
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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685321
- MDVSA-2011:192 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562442
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691873
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685186
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701248
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697255
- 47334 third-party-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-53.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688364
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=706249
- 1026447 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686107
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701637
- 1026446 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693143
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=696579
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14226 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691746
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689892
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=700512
- 49055 third-party-advisory
- 1026445 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682252
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680687
- 77952 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679986
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690376
- firefox-safety-bugs-ce(71908) vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688974
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693144
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694200
- 47302 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679494
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0039 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0007 vendor-advisory