CVE-2010-0160

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0160
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-22 13:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly handle array data types for posted messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: galeon-2.0.7-20.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-895-1: Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner 1.9 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:042 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1999-1 xulrunner af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: seamonkey-2.0.3-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
531222 – Using SSM off main thread af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com
USN-896-1: Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox and seamonkey - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
534051 – Workers: Don't change the global object while GC is running af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: epiphany-extensions-2.26.1-10.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
MFSA 2010-02: Web Worker Array Handling Heap Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
533000 – (CVE-2010-0160) Web Worker Array Handling Heap Corruption Vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-624) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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