Mozilla nsTreeSelection dangling pointer remote code execution vulnerability
Published Jul 30, 2010
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.67%
Description
Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, Thunderbird 3.0.x before 3.0.6 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large selection attribute in a XUL tree element, which triggers a use-after-free.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 3
- ≥ 3.0 · < 3.0.6
- 3.1
Configuration 4
- 11.1
- 11.2
- 11.3
- 11
- 11
- 11
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.57.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-60.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-28.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0544
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-6.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0545
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.2.7-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.57.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0546 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-60.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0546 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-28.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0544 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-6.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0545 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.7-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 2, 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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06672) | 93.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06672) | 93.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.09% (0.04086) | 87.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.91% (0.08909) | 87.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.09% (0.04086) | 87.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.85% (0.06848) | 93.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 11.74% (0.11743) | 95.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 13.28% (0.13276) | 95.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 13.25% (0.13246) | 95.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 17.05% (0.17051) | 95.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 18.90% (0.18902) | 95.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 93.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 92.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 81.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-40.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512510 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41853 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-131/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2753 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571106 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615466 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2753
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10958 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2753
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.