10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2010-1121
Mozilla Firefox DOM Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.3 does not properly manage the scopes of DOM nodes that are moved from one document to another, which allows remote attackers to conduct use-after-free attacks and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving improper interaction with garbage collection, as demonstrated by Nils during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

INFO

Published Date :

March 25, 2010, 9 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 19, 2017, 1:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-1121 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2010-1121.

URL Resource
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043369.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043405.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00005.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40323 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40326 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40401 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40481 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100091069
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11005277222
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-930-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-25.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0500.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0501.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023817
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-930-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1557 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1592
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1640 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1773 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555109
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10924
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6844

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-1121 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-1121 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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:10924 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6844 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6844 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10924 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-1121 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-2010-1121 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

23.91 }} -0.71%

score

0.96622

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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