Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.8 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0176. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 do not properly manage reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger access to deleted elements, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

The weakness was released 04/05/2010 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 538308 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0176. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing 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 45443 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0332)), 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 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 (57392), Tenable (45443), SecurityFocus (BID 39128†), Secunia (SA39240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023776†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-52594, VDB-52593, VDB-52592 and VDB-52590. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 45443
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0332)
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OpenVAS ID: 67263
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2027-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Timelineinfo

01/06/2010 🔍
03/30/2010 +83 days 🔍
04/05/2010 +6 days 🔍
04/05/2010 +0 days 🔍
04/05/2010 +0 days 🔍
04/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1808 days 🔍
05/05/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 538308
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0176 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52591

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X-Force: 57392
SecurityFocus: 39128 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'optgroup' XUL Tree Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 39240
SecurityTracker: 1023776
Vulnerability Center: 25282 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey 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 (65), 02/22/2017 11:03 (10), 09/07/2021 08:28 (4), 09/07/2021 08:30 (1), 01/25/2025 22:34 (18), 02/03/2025 04:20 (1), 05/05/2026 01:51 (1)
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