PT-2010-1990 · Mozilla+2 · Thunderbird+4
Published
2010-03-30
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2010-0176
CVSS v2.0
9.3
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.19
Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.9
Mozilla Firefox versions 3.6.x prior to 3.6.2
Thunderbird versions prior to 3.0.4
SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.0.4
Description
The issue is related to a dangling pointer vulnerability, where remote attackers might execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger access to deleted elements. This is due to the improper management of reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup.
Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.19, update to version 3.0.19 or later.
For Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.9, update to version 3.5.9 or later.
For Mozilla Firefox versions 3.6.x prior to 3.6.2, update to version 3.6.2 or later.
For Thunderbird versions prior to 3.0.4, update to version 3.0.4 or later.
For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.0.4, update to version 2.0.4 or later.
Exploit
Fix
RCE
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Firefox
Red Hat
Seamonkey
Suse
Thunderbird