Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2010-3167
The nsTreeContentView 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 node removal in XUL trees, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to deleted memory, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.065 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · 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
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- 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/100110210
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690
- secunia.com/advisories/42867 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-56.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-171/
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61661 (vdb-entry)