CVE-2010-3167
The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 6.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle node removal in XUL trees, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to deleted memory, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- SUSE-SA:2010:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-14362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100110210 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-56.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-171/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- mozilla-nstreecontentview-code-execution(61661) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 43097 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576070 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12136 (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-2010-3167 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-3167)Record last updated .