CVE-2010-3774

Description

The NS_SecurityCompareURIs function in netwerk/base/public/nsNetUtil.h in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle (1) about:neterror and (2) about:certerror pages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the location bar via a crafted web site.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.17% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052022.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251 vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0966.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1019-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42818 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024850 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602780 patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12512 vdb entry signature
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052504.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-83.html patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052502.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42716 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052032.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3774?
CVE-2010-3774 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3774?
To fix CVE-2010-3774, 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-2010-3774 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3774 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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