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CVE-2010-3182 json

A certain application-launch script 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…

published 2010-10-21 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-3182

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A certain application-launch script 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 on Linux places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

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-2010:0782RHSA-2010:0781RHSA-2010:0780

  • 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

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-2010-3182 updated cvss 5.1

Mozilla unsafe library loading flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.61.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0781
  • 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
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0782
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.61.el3, +1 more 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, seamonkey 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-64.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0781
  • 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, thunderbird 2.0.0.24-9.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, seamonkey 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-64.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0781
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.8-1.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 ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.61.el3, +1 more 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, seamonkey 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-64.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0781
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 3.6.12-1.el6_0, xulrunner 1.9.2.12-1.el6_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0861
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.24-9.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0780
  • 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 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.61.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.61.el3, +1 more 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, seamonkey 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-64.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-64.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0781

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Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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