CVE-2010-1028: mozilla firefox Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-1028 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 8.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 9.3, 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
- 19-03-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the decompression functionality in the Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) decoder in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 and 3.7 before 3.7 alpha 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WOFF file that triggers a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the vd_ff module in VulnDisco 9.0.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
8.74%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 8.74% 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.
Debian1 product
- calibre< 2.38.0+dfsg-1
Mozilla1 product
- firefox3.6 | 3.6:a1_pre | 3.6.1 | 3.7:a1_pre | 3.7:alpha1 | 3.7:alpha2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
12 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552216X Refsource CONFIRM
- forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1161/vulndisco-9-0/X Refsource MISC
- blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/02/22/secunia-advisory-sa38608/X Refsource MISC
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7969VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/18/update-on-secunia-advisory-sa38608/X Refsource CONFIRM