Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.5. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-1122. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.5 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly have unknown other impact via vectors that might involve compressed data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1028.

The weakness was released 03/25/2010 as Bug 552216 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1122. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 05/03/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45520 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2010:070-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (45520), SecurityFocus (BID 39293†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25388†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-52358. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 45520
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2010:070-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 830879
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for blogtk MDVA-2010:070 (blogtk)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 552216
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52376

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SecurityFocus: 39293 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2010-1122 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25388 - Mozilla Firefox Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Malicious Webpage, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 12:44
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (59), 02/23/2017 10:13 (8), 09/05/2021 20:42 (3), 09/05/2021 20:50 (1), 05/03/2026 12:44 (15)
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