CVE-2010-3179 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.1% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 10.12% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-10-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | seamonkey |
| mozilla | thunderbird |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey 3.6.10 / Thunderbird 3.1.4 - 'document.write' Memory Corruption | 2010-10-19 |
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050154.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2124
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:211
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-65.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0861.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0896.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-997-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-998-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583077
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11675
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050154.html
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