CVE-2010-3769
Mozilla Firefox/Mozilla Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability
Description
The line-breaking implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, Thunderbird before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11 on Windows does not properly handle long strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.write call that triggers a buffer over-read.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 10, 2010, 7 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2010-3769
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey packages.
- Upgrade to the latest versions of the affected software.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2010-3769.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-3769 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-3769
weaknesses.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2010-3769 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2010-3769 vulnerability over time.
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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-December/052502.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052504.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/69771 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42716 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42818 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2132 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:258 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-75.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45345 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024846 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024848 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608336 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12342 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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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:12342 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12342 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2010
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
6.36 }} 1.58%
score
0.90500
percentile