Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.8 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-0173. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.9 and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, Thunderbird before 3.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 04/05/2010 by Jesse Ruderman as Bug 542136 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0173. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/05/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45392 (Firefox < 3.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118221 (Fedora Update for Galeon, Miro, Gnome, Perl, Mozvoikko, Firefox, Xulrunner (FEDORA-2010-5202)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57388), Tenable (45392), SecurityFocus (BID 39122†), Secunia (SA39243†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023775†). See VDB-52592, VDB-52591, VDB-52590 and VDB-52589 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 45392
Nessus Name: Firefox < 3.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 67218
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: seamonkey
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 542136
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52588

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X-Force: 57388
SecurityFocus: 39122 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2010-0174 Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 39243
SecurityTracker: 1023775
Vulnerability Center: 25279 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Browser Engine Multiple Remote DoS Vulnerabilities, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/05/2026 01:51
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (65), 02/22/2017 11:02 (9), 09/07/2021 08:11 (3), 09/07/2021 08:15 (1), 01/25/2025 22:33 (18), 03/01/2025 22:02 (1), 05/05/2026 01:51 (1)
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