CVE-2010-0181

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.9 and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, executes a mail application in situations where an IMG element has a SRC attribute that is a redirect to a mailto: URL, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many images.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.64% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452093
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57395 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6776 signature vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-23.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0181?
CVE-2010-0181 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0181?
To fix CVE-2010-0181, 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-2010-0181 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0181 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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