CVE-2010-1988

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via JavaScript code that performs certain string concatenation and substring operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 15.29% Top 10%

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12050	vdb entry signature
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58763	vdb entry
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
http://osvdb.org/64789	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1988?: CVE-2010-1988 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1988?: To fix CVE-2010-1988, 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-2010-1988 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-1988 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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