The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly…

Description

The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly handle array data types for posted messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.0% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• USN-895-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• mozilla-webworkers-code-execution(56360) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 38847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1932 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-1999 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-896-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0405 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533000 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531222 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-046 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20100402 ZDI-10-046: Mozilla Firefox Web Worker Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:37 UTC.