CVE-2010-1987

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, out-of-bounds read, and application crash) via JavaScript code that appends long strings to the content of a P element, and performs certain other string concatenation and substring operations, related to the DoubleWideCharMappedString class in USP10.dll and the gfxWindowsFontGroup::GetUnderlineOffset function in xul.dll, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.29% Top 25%
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58762 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/64790 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12013 vdb entry signature
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12678 exploit
http://www.x90c.org/advisories/firefox_3.6.3_crash_advisory.txt exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511329/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1987?
CVE-2010-1987 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1987?
To fix CVE-2010-1987, 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-2010-1987 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1987 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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