CVE-2010-0167 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.2; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp and (2) the _evaluate function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPlugin.cpp.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 10.48% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-03-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | seamonkey |
| mozilla | thunderbird |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey - Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities | 2010-03-24 |
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38944
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534082
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=535641
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8610
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9835
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38944
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534082
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=535641
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8610
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9835
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