THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-0168
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-0168

Firefox vulnerability

CVSS
7.6
EPSS
12.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The nsDocument::MaybePreLoadImage function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in the image-preloading implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not apply scheme restrictions and policy restrictions to the image's URL, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) or hijack the functionality of the browser's add-ons via a crafted SRC attribute of an IMG element, as demonstrated by remote command execution through an ssh: URL in a configuration that supports gnome-vfs with a nonstandard network.gnomevfs.supported-protocols setting.
Affected vendor
Mozilla
Affected product
Firefox
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2010-03-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-0168

  • Confirm whether Mozilla Firefox is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-0168.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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