CVE-2010-0176
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Dangling Pointer Vulnerability
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.4; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 do not properly manage reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger access to deleted elements, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
INFO
Published Date :
April 5, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2010-0176
vulnerability.
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CVE-2010-0176 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2010-0176 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038367.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038378.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038406.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/38566 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39117 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39136 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39204 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39240 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39242 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023782 Added Reference http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-18.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0333.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0765 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0790 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538308 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57392 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11052 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7222 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:beta:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11052 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7222 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7222 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11052 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57392 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57392 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2010
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-0176 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-0176
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
5.95 }} -5.60%
score
0.89697
percentile