CVE-2010-3179
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CVE-2010-3179 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.. EPSS estimates a 10.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.2 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.3 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.4 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.6 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.7 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.8 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.9 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.10 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | <= 2.0.8 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.2 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.3 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.4 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.5 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.6 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.7 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.8 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.9 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.1 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.2 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.3 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.4 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.5 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.6 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.7 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.8 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.9 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.10 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.11 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.12 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.13 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.14 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.15 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.16 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.17 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.18 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.19 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.5.0.8 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.5.0.9 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.5.0.10 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.2 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.3 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.4 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.5 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 2.0.6 |
Showing 50 of 206 affected configurations. See NVD for the full list.
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