CVE-2010-0176
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.4; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 do not properly manage reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup, which might allow remote attackers to…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.4; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 do not properly manage reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger access to deleted elements, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.20% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038367.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038378.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038406.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38566Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39117Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39136Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39204Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39240Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39242Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39243Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39308
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39397
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023782
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-18.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0333.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0765Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0790
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538308
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57392
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11052
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.