CVE-2010-0160
The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 6.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly handle array data types for posted messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified 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)
- 6.0% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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
21
- USN-895-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- mozilla-webworkers-code-execution(56360) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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
- 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
- RHSA-2010:0112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1932 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1999 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533000 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531222 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-046 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100402 ZDI-10-046: Mozilla Firefox Web Worker Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2010-0191 (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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