CVE-2010-3166

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a bidirectional text run.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12186

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-3166

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579655

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2323

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43102

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-53.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:173

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690

http://secunia.com/advisories/42867

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047282.html

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-09-09

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05856