CVE-2011-2987

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine (ANGLE), as used in the WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, and possibly other products might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 4.0, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta10, 4.0-beta11, 4.0-beta12, 4.0-beta2 (+9)
Mozilla Seamonkey: 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+53)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 5.0; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+75)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49226
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665934
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14285
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-29.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-31.html

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