Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-1179

Description

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.

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Affected products

Red Hat/Spice Xpi4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spice-xpi:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spice-xpi:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spice-xpi:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spice-xpi:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.4

Patches

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References

bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cginvdPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/44060nvdVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0899nvdVendor Advisory
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0426.htmlnvd
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0427.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/47269nvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66777nvd

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