Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6 Browser Engine _evaluate memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox. Affected by this issue is the function _evaluate of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-0167. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects the function _evaluate of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.2; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp and (2) the _evaluate function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPlugin.cpp.

The weakness was released 03/25/2010 by Carsten Book as MFSA2010-11 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0167. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/03/2026).

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44648 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0112)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118843 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0112)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (33801), Tenable (44648), SecurityFocus (BID 38944†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25146†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-51915, VDB-51914, VDB-51913 and VDB-51912. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 44648
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0112)
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OpenVAS ID: 830879
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for blogtk MDVA-2010:070 (blogtk)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5.0.11

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01/06/2010 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2010-11
Researcher: Carsten Book
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0167 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0167
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52361

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SecurityFocus: 38944 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey CVE-2010-0167 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 25146 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Remote Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 09:15
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (65), 01/31/2018 09:55 (12), 09/05/2021 16:53 (3), 09/05/2021 17:00 (1), 11/01/2024 01:12 (17), 05/03/2026 09:15 (1)
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