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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-1198 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, allows remote attac…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1228

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving multiple plugin instances.

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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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1198 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla Freed object reuse across plugin instances

  • 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
  • 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 1.0.9-0.55.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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% 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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