CVE-2010-3179

N/A Unknown
Published: October 21, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050077.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050154.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2124
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:211
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-65.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0861.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0896.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-997-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-998-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583077
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11675
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050077.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050154.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2124
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:211
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-65.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0861.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0896.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-997-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-998-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583077
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11675
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
10.1%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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