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CVE-2010-3179 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird befor…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-3179

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.1%
EPSS 10.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 6 3.1.6-1.el6_0
  • firefox RHEL 6 3.6.12-1.el6_0
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0
  • firefox RHEL 4 3.6.11-2.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.6.11-2.el5
  • nss RHEL 4 3.12.8-1.el4
  • nss RHEL 5 3.12.8-1.el5
  • nss-tools RHEL 4 3.12.8-1.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0896RHSA-2010:0861RHSA-2010:0782

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3179 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla buffer overflow and memory corruption using document.write

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.12.8-1.el5, firefox 3.6.11-2.el5, nss-tools 3.12.8-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.2.11-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 nss 3.12.8-1.el4, firefox 3.6.11-2.el4, nss-tools 3.12.8-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.8-1.el5, firefox 3.6.11-2.el5, nss-tools 3.12.8-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.2.11-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0782
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 3.6.12-1.el6_0, thunderbird 3.1.6-1.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0861
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 nss 3.12.8-1.el4, firefox 3.6.11-2.el4, nss-tools 3.12.8-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.8-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.2.11-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 nss 3.12.8-1.el4, firefox 3.6.11-2.el4, nss-tools 3.12.8-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0782
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 3.6.12-1.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 3.6.12-1.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 3.1.6-1.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 3.6.12-1.el6_0, thunderbird 3.1.6-1.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0861
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 nss 3.12.8-1.el4, firefox 3.6.11-2.el4, nss-tools 3.12.8-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0782

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-34881)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-34881 Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey 3.6.10 / Thunderbird 3.1.4 - 'document.write' Memory Corruption remote, 2010-10-19

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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