CVE-2010-3166

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x be

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.05962

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EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.0.6
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 3.0.6

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD09 Sep 2010 · 07:00 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-975-1
Show all 7 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-978-1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0681Critical

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047282.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/42867

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:173

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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-53.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43102

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2323

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579655

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12186

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