CVE-2010-1121

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 25 Mar 2010, 20:31
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 01:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
10 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.65% LOW
5% probability -0.89%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Mar 2010, 20:31
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 01:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.3 does not properly manage the scopes of DOM nodes that are moved from one document to another, which allows remote attackers to conduct use-after-free attacks and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving improper interaction with garbage collection, as demonstrated by Nils during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 4.65%• Percentile: 89%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-94•Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

    The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Affected Systems

  • mozilla•firefox

    3.6 | 3.6.1 | 3.6.2

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