CVE-2010-1209
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NodeIterator implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NodeFilter that detaches DOM…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NodeIterator implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NodeFilter that detaches DOM nodes, related to the NodeIterator interface and a javascript callback.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.38% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.4% 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://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-36.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512511
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41845
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-130/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552110
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11055
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-36.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512511
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41845
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-130/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552110
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11055
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.