Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.8 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0174. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code block 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x 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 shared 04/05/2010 by Martijn Wargers (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 546530 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0174. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/05/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68066 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2010-0544)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118846 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0332)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57389), Tenable (68066), SecurityFocus (BID 39079†), Secunia (SA39136†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023775†). The entries VDB-52594, VDB-52593, VDB-52592 and VDB-52591 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 68066
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2010-0544)
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OpenVAS ID: 67263
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2027-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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01/06/2010 🔍
03/30/2010 +83 days 🔍
04/05/2010 +6 days 🔍
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04/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +615 days 🔍
05/05/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 546530
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52589

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X-Force: 57389
SecurityFocus: 39079 - RETIRED: Mozilla Multiple Products March 30, 2010 Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 39136
SecurityTracker: 1023775
Vulnerability Center: 25280 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/05/2026 01:51
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 02/22/2017 11:03 (11), 09/07/2021 08:17 (3), 09/07/2021 08:20 (1), 01/25/2025 22:34 (18), 04/29/2025 18:50 (1), 05/05/2026 01:51 (1)
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