Mozilla incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0179 (MFSA 2010-82)
Published Dec 10, 2010
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.08%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used, does not properly handle interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0179.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 3.6
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.0.10
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
Configuration 3
- ≤ 3.5.15
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 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
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.8
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.5.11
- 3.5.12
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.6.13-3.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0966
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.6.13-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0966
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.2.13-3.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0966
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:3.6.13-2.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0966
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:1.9.2.13-3.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0966
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.6.13-3.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0966 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.6.13-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0966 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.13-3.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0966 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:3.6.13-2.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0966 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.13-3.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0966 |
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 1, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.08% (0.03083) | 87.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.09% (0.03095) | 85.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01245) | 77.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.76% (0.03756) | 79.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.45% (0.01448) | 79.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 88.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 10, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 87.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.30% (0.01303) | 83.76th | 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) |
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052032.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/42818 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2132 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-82.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0966.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45354 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1019-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3773 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554449 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660435 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3773
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11960 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3773
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.