Description
YARR, as used in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 8.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 8.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.6, 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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691299
- MDVSA-2011:192 vendor-advisory
- 47334 third-party-advisory
- 1026447 vdb-entry
- 1026446 vdb-entry
- 49055 third-party-advisory
- 1026445 vdb-entry
- firefox-yarr-dos(71909) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14424 vdb-entry signature
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-54.html
- 47302 third-party-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0039 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0007 vendor-advisory