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CVE-2010-3179

Published: Oct 21, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
10.1%
Top 5.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

FirefoxMozilla Corp.
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
ThunderbirdMozilla Corp.
On-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
SeaMonkeySeaMonkey Council
Mixed
Consumer Software / browser
ОС АврораООО "Открытая мобильная платформа"
On-prem
Operating Systems / mobile-os
firefoxmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
mozilla corp.oss-projectUSConsumer Software
seamonkey counciloss-projectConsumer Softwareaka seamonkey
ооо "открытая мобильная платформа"commercialRUOperating Systems
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583077
bugzilla.mozilla.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
vupen.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-998-1
ubuntu.com
and 28 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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