CVE-2010-0177

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, frees the contents of the window.navigator.plugins array while a reference to an array element is still active, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.32% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510540/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0333.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57393 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781 vdb entry
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-19.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7622 vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-049
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538310
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0765 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38566 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10833 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/39117 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39240 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0177?
CVE-2010-0177 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0177?
To fix CVE-2010-0177, 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-2010-0177 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0177 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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