CVE-2010-0162

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.64% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38847 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455472
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10697 vdb entry signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37242 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8631 vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-05.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56363 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0162?
CVE-2010-0162 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0162?
To fix CVE-2010-0162, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0162 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0162 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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