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CVE-2011-2978

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-2978 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-08-09T19:55:01.653

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

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

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/45501 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/74301 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69036 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45501 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/74301 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69036 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.