CVE-2010-3768: mozilla firefox Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-3768 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 4.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.9% 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 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 10-12-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, Thunderbird before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11 do not properly validate downloadable fonts before use within an operating system's font implementation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to @font-face Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rules.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.81%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.81% 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.
Mozilla3 products
- firefox3.6 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4 | 3.6.6 | 3.6.7 | 3.6.8 | 3.6.9 | 3.6.10 | 3.6.11 | 3.6.12 | ≤ 3.5.15 | 1.0 | 1.0:preview_release | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5:beta1 | 1.5:beta2 | 1.5.0.1 | 1.5.0.2 | 1.5.0.3 | 1.5.0.4 | 1.5.0.5 | 1.5.0.6 | 1.5.0.7 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 1.5.0.11 | 1.5.0.12 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 2.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 2.0.0.2 | 2.0.0.3 | 2.0.0.4 | 2.0.0.5 | 2.0.0.6 | 2.0.0.7 | 2.0.0.8 | 2.0.0.9 | 2.0.0.10 | 2.0.0.11 | 2.0.0.12 | 2.0.0.13 | 2.0.0.14 | 2.0.0.15 | 2.0.0.16 | 2.0.0.17 | 2.0.0.18 | 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.20 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.15 | 3.0.16 | 3.0.17 | 3.5 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.9 | 3.5.10 | 3.5.11 | 3.5.12 | 3.5.13 | 3.5.14
- seamonkey≤ 2.0.10 | 1.0 | 1.0:alpha | 1.0:beta | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1:alpha | 1.1:beta | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 2.0 | 2.0:alpha_1 | 2.0:alpha_2 | 2.0:alpha_3 | 2.0:beta_1 | 2.0:beta_2 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9
- thunderbird≤ 3.0.10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5:beta2 | 1.5.0.1 | 1.5.0.2 | 1.5.0.3 | 1.5.0.4 | 1.5.0.5 | 1.5.0.6 | 1.5.0.7 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 1.5.0.11 | 1.5.0.12 | 1.5.0.13 | 1.5.0.14 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.3 | 2.0 | 2.0.0.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 2.0.0.2 | 2.0.0.3 | 2.0.0.4 | 2.0.0.5 | 2.0.0.6 | 2.0.0.7 | 2.0.0.8 | 2.0.0.9 | 2.0.0.12 | 2.0.0.14 | 2.0.0.16 | 2.0.0.17 | 2.0.0.18 | 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.21 | 2.0.0.22 | 2.0.0.23 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.6
1 vendor · 3 products
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