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CVE-2010-1197 json

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, does not properly handle situations in which both "…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1227

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, does not properly handle situations in which both "Content-Disposition: attachment" and "Content-Type: multipart" are present in HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an uploaded HTML document.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.0.0.24-6.el5
  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-28.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.6.4-8.el5
  • esc RHEL 5 1.1.0-12.el5
  • yelp RHEL 5 2.16.0-26.el5
  • totem RHEL 5 2.16.7-7.el5
  • devhelp RHEL 5 0.12-21.el5
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9.2.4-10.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0545RHSA-2010:0544RHSA-2010:0501RHSA-2010:0500RHSA-2010:0499

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1197 updated cvss 4.0

Content-Disposition: attachment ignored if Content-Type: multipart also present

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.55.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0499
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) esc 1.1.0-12.el5, totem 2.16.7-7.el5, yelp 2.16.0-26.el5, devhelp 0.12-21.el5, firefox 3.6.4-8.el5, xulrunner 1.9.2.4-10.el5, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.55.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 3.6.4-8.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-58.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-58.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0499
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) esc 1.1.0-12.el5, totem 2.16.7-7.el5, yelp 2.16.0-26.el5, devhelp 0.12-21.el5, firefox 3.6.4-8.el5, xulrunner 1.9.2.4-10.el5, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 3.6.4-8.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-58.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-58.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0499
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) totem 2.16.7-7.el5, devhelp 0.12-21.el5, xulrunner 1.9.2.4-10.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.55.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 3.6.4-8.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-58.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-58.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0499
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.24-6.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0545
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.55.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.55.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 3.6.4-8.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-58.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-58.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-58.el4_8, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0499

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Exploit prediction

2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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