CVE-2010-3167 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-3999 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.4%
top 9.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedSep 9
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle node removal in XUL trees, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to deleted memory, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox3.5.11+87
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey2.0.6+40
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird3.0.6+67

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-996j-6q9j-r4xp: The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2010-3167: The nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3↗2010-09-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Firefox and Xulrunner regression↗2010-09-16
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird regression↗2010-09-16
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2010-09-08
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Ubuntu
Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities↗2010-09-08
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Red Hat
Mozilla Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsTreeContentView (MFSA 2010-56)↗2010-09-07
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-3167 Mozilla Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsTreeContentView (MFSA 2010-56)↗2010-09-03
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