CVE-2011-1179
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
The SPICE Firefox plug-in (spice-xpi) 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) plugin/nsScriptablePeer.cpp and (2) plugin/plugin.cpp, which trigger multiple uses of an uninitialized pointer.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1189)
- Published
- April 18, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1189 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- redhat / spice-xpi
- redhat / spice-xpi
- redhat / spice-xpi
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44060(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0426.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0427.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47269
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025304
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0899(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=487006&action=diff(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689931(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66777
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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