CVE-2010-0165 — The TraceRecorder::traverseScopeChain function in js/src/jstracer.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving certain indirect calls to the JavaScript eval function

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The TraceRecorder::traverseScopeChain function in js/src/jstracer.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving certain indirect calls to the JavaScript eval function

Published Mar 25, 2010

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.74%

Description

The TraceRecorder::traverseScopeChain function in js/src/jstracer.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving certain indirect calls to the JavaScript eval function.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.74% 0.03745

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03745

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.74% (0.03745)	89.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.73% (0.03728)	88.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	3.38% (0.03384)	86.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	10.30% (0.10305)	88.54th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	3.38% (0.03384)	85.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	4.97% (0.04973)	88.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	6.82% (0.06819)	94.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	6.82% (0.06819)	92.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.97% (0.04967)	89.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.97% (0.04967)	88.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.97% (0.04967)	74.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (6)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542849
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8472
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542849		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8472		vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 25, 2010

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 6, 2010

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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