CVE-2010-0170: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-0170 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 25-03-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not offer plugins the expected window.location protection mechanism, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors that are specific to each affected plugin.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.55% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mozilla1 product
- firefox3.6
1 vendor · 1 product
References
7 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8602VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=541530X Refsource CONFIRM