Mozilla violation of same-origin policy due to properties set on objects passed to showModalDialog (MFSA 2010-04)
Published Feb 21, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.13%
Description
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 restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.0.17
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.18-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0112
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0112
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0112
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.18-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0112 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0112 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0112 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02130) | 81.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02130) | 79.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 60.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01345) | 86.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01345) | 86.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.34% (0.01345) | 84.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-04.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3988 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504862 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566051 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56362 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3988
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8355 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9384 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3988
Change history (0)
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