CVE-2010-3168 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3168?

CVE-2010-3168 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Sep 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

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 do not properly restrict the role of property changes in triggering XUL tree removal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deleted memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by setting unspecified properties.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3168?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3168?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-3168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-77mq-xmv8-43x5.