RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2010-2766
The normalizeDocument function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle the removal of DOM nodes during normalization, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to a deleted object.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.054 (92.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 3.0.8, 1.5.0.5, 3.0.4
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0.9, 1.1.1, 1.1.12
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 3.1.2, 0.6, 1.5.0.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-176/
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/43100 (vdb-entry)
- blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047282.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690
- secunia.com/advisories/42867 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11778 (signature, vdb-entry)