Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).
CVE-2010-0166 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
5.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
17.9%
top 4.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateMay 2
Description
The gfxTextRun::SanitizeGlyphRuns function in gfx/thebes/src/gfxFont.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 on Mac OS X, when the Core Text API is used, does not properly perform certain deletions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTML document containing invisible Unicode characters, as demonstrated by the U+FEFF, U+FFF9, U+FFFA, and U+FFFB characters.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 4.9 | Impact: 6.4