Medium
netsurf — security advisory
An issue in NetSurf v.3.11 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the dom_node_normalize function
- Products
- netsurf
- Affected versions
- 3.10-1, 3.10-1build1, 3.10-3.1, 3.11-1, 3.11-1build4, 3.11-1build5, 3.11-2, 3.11-3, 3.11-4, 3.11-4ubuntu1, 3.2+dfsg-2.2build1, 3.6-3.2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-51317
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue in NetSurf v.3.11 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the dom_node_normalize function
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51317
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netsurf
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Complete source record
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