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CVE-2010-3166
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9,…
High9.3EPSS 5.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a bidirectional text run.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% 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: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- SUSE-SA:2010:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-14362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-53.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579655 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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