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CVE-2010-0159
The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, Thunderbird before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 4.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, Thunderbird before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the nsBlockFrame::StealFrame function in layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp, and unspecified other vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 46 days later
· 46 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
31
- USN-895-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534082 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 38847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530880 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0650 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- mozilla-browsereng-code-execution(56359) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1932 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 38770 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528134 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1999 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38772 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-896-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0405 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-3230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528300 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-3267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8485 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0190 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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