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CVE-2011-2605
CRLF injection vulnerability in the nsCookieService::SetCookieStringInternal function in netwerk/cookie/nsCookieService.cpp in Mozilla…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the nsCookieService::SetCookieStringInternal function in netwerk/cookie/nsCookieService.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18 and 4.x through 4.0.1, and Thunderbird before 3.1.11, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a string containing a \n (newline) character, which is not properly handled in a JavaScript "document.cookie =" expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2374.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
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References (7)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0887 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0885 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0886 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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