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CVE-2011-2978: mozilla bugzilla Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 09-08-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2978 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mozilla bugzilla. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2322-1

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 2.22.7, 3.0.x through 3.3.x, 3.4.x before 3.4.12, 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.6, 3.7.x, 4.0.x before 4.0.2, and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 does not prevent changes to the confirmation e-mail address (aka old_email field) for e-mail change notifications, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform arbitrary address changes by leveraging an unattended workstation.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.71% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • bugzilla2.16 | 2.16:rc1 | 2.16.1 | 2.16.2 | 2.16.3 | 2.16.4 | 2.16.5 | 2.16.6 | 2.16.7 | 2.16.8 | 2.16.9 | 2.16.10 | 2.16.11 | 2.17 | 2.17.1 | 2.17.3 | 2.17.4 | 2.17.5 | 2.17.6 | 2.17.7 | 2.18 | 2.18:rc1 | 2.18:rc2 | 2.18:rc3 | 2.18.1 | 2.18.2 | 2.18.3 | 2.18.4 | 2.18.5 | 2.18.6 | 2.19 | 2.19.1 | 2.19.2 | 2.19.3 | 2.20 | 2.20:rc1 | 2.20:rc2 | 2.20.1 | 2.20.2 | 2.20.3 | 2.20.4 | 2.20.5 | 2.20.6 | 2.20.7 | 2.21 | 2.21.1 | 2.21.2 | 2.22 | 2.22:rc1 | 2.22.1 | 2.22.2 | 2.22.3 | 2.22.4 | 2.22.5 | 2.22.6 | 2.22.7 | 3.0 | 3.0:rc1 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.2 | 3.2:rc1 | 3.2:rc2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.10 | 3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4:rc1 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.5 | 3.4.6 | 3.4.7 | 3.4.8 | 3.4.9 | 3.4.10 | 3.4.11 | 3.5 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.6 | 3.6:rc1 | 3.6.0 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4 | 3.6.5 | 3.7 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.2 | 3.7.3 | 4.0 | 4.0:rc1 | 4.0:rc2 | 4.0.1 | 4.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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