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CVE-2010-0167 in the critical feed json

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.2; and SeaMon…

published 2010-03-25 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-0198

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.5%
EPSS 10.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.2; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp and (2) the _evaluate function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPlugin.cpp.

Patch / fix

  • firefox RHEL 4 3.0.18-1.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.0.18-1.el5_4
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable RHEL 5 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0112

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0167 updated cvss 6.8

firefox/thunderbird/seamonkey: crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2010-11)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 3.0.18-1.el5_4, xulrunner 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 3.0.18-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 3.0.18-1.el5_4, xulrunner 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 3.0.18-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 3.0.18-1.el4
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 3.0.18-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0112

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33801)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33801 Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey - Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities dos, 2010-03-24

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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