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CVE-2010-3179

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.22551
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • 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

3
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.0.8
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
remoteMozilla Firefox SeaMonkey 3.6.10 / Thunderbird 3.1.4 - 'document.write' Memory Corruptionverified
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
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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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD21 Oct 2010 · 07:00 PM
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Vendor Advisories

9
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0896Critical
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References & Sources

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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-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
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