CVE-2010-0166
The gfxTextRun::SanitizeGlyphRuns function in gfx/thebes/src/gfxFont.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 on Mac OS X, when the Core Text API is used, does not properly perform certain deletions, which allows remote attackers to…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The gfxTextRun::SanitizeGlyphRuns function in gfx/thebes/src/gfxFont.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 on Mac OS X, when the Core Text API is used, does not properly perform certain deletions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTML document containing invisible Unicode characters, as demonstrated by the U+FEFF, U+FFF9, U+FFFA, and U+FFFB characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.76% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38943
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538065
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14182
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38943
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538065
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14182
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.