CVE-2010-0181

Firefox < 3.5.9 and 3.6.x < 3.6.2 - Denial of Service via IMG SRC Redirect to mailto: URL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.9 and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, executes a mail application in situations where an IMG element has a SRC attribute that is a redirect to a mailto: URL, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many images.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452093
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57395
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6776
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

Scores

EPSS 0.0222
EPSS Percentile 80.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
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