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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-0175 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTreeSelection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9, Thunderbird bef…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-0206

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.0%
EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTreeSelection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger a call to the handler for the select event for XUL tree items.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.0.0.24-6.el5
  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-28.el4
  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.52.el3
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-54.el4_8
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.52.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.52.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 4 1.0.9-54.el4_8
  • seamonkey-mail RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.52.el3

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0545RHSA-2010:0544RHSA-2010:0333RHSA-2010:0332

  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0175 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla remote code execution with use-after-free in nsTreeSelection

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.52.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0333
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 3.0.19-1.el5_5, xulrunner 1.9.0.19-1.el5_5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.19-1.el5_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0332
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.52.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 3.0.19-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-54.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-54.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0333
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 3.0.19-1.el5_5, thunderbird 2.0.0.24-6.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.19-1.el5_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0332
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 3.0.19-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-54.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-54.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0333
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 1.9.0.19-1.el5_5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.19-1.el5_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0332
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.52.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 3.0.19-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-54.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-54.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0333
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.24-6.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0545
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.52.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.52.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 3.0.19-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-54.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-54.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-54.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0333
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

7.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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