CVE-2010-0177

Firefox < 3.0.19, 3.5.x < 3.5.9, 3.6.x < 3.6.2 - Remote Code Execution via Dangling Pointer in Plugin Array

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, frees the contents of the window.navigator.plugins array while a reference to an array element is still active, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

References (26)

Core 26
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510540/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0333.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39308
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57393
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7622
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-049
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538310
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0765
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38566
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10833
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39117
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39243
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39240

Scores

EPSS 0.0699
EPSS Percentile 93.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (46)
mozilla/firefox 3.6
mozilla/firefox 0.1
mozilla/firefox 0.2
mozilla/firefox 0.3
mozilla/firefox 0.4
mozilla/firefox 0.5
mozilla/firefox 0.6
mozilla/firefox 0.6.1
mozilla/firefox 0.7
mozilla/firefox 0.7.1
... and 36 more
Published Apr 05, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026