CVE-2010-0164 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or crash the browser via a crafted multipart animation with mismatched bits-per-pixel values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0164?
CVE-2010-0164 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 25 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgContainer::InternalAddFrameHelper function in src/imgContainer.cpp in libpr0n in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a multipart/x-mixed-replace animation in which the frames have different bits-per-pixel (bpp) values.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0164?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2010-0164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2qmf-3w3w-mfq6.