RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2010-1121
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.3 does not properly manage the scopes of DOM nodes that are moved from one document to another, which allows remote attackers to conduct use-after-free attacks and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving improper interaction with garbage collection, as demonstrated by Nils during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.058 (92.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 3.6.2, 3.6.1, 3.6
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)