CVE-2010-1028
Integer overflow in the decompression functionality in the Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) decoder in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 and 3.7 before 3.7 alpha 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WOFF file that triggers a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in the decompression functionality in the Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) decoder in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 and 3.7 before 3.7 alpha 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WOFF file that triggers a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the vd_ff module in VulnDisco 9.0.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.74% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/02/22/secunia-advisory-sa38608/
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/18/update-on-secunia-advisory-sa38608/
- http://blog.psi2.de/en/2010/02/20/going-commercial-with-firefox-vulnerabilities/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38608Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/community/forum/thread/show/3592Vendor Advisory
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Zero-day-exploit-for-Firefox-3-6-936124.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/964549US Government Resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-08.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552216
- https://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1161/vulndisco-9-0/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7969
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/02/22/secunia-advisory-sa38608/
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/18/update-on-secunia-advisory-sa38608/
- http://blog.psi2.de/en/2010/02/20/going-commercial-with-firefox-vulnerabilities/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38608Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/community/forum/thread/show/3592Vendor Advisory
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Zero-day-exploit-for-Firefox-3-6-936124.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/964549US Government Resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-08.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552216
- https://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1161/vulndisco-9-0/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7969
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.