CVE-2010-1208: mozilla firefox Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-1208 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 5.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2Timeline
- 30-07-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the attribute-cloning functionality in the DOM implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to deletion of an event attribute node with a nonzero reference count.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
5.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.15% 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, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
1 vendor · 2 products
References
6 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11740VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512515Mailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry