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CVE-2010-0179
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on…
Medium5.1EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used, does not properly handle interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (25)
- SUSE-SA:2011:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- firefox-firebug-code-execution(57394) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 39397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 39308 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0781 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-921-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 39124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504021 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-21.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39243 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0849 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023783 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-2027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 3924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0332 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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