CVE-2010-0160

Mozilla implementation of Web Workers can lead to crash with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2010-02)

Published Feb 21, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 6.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly handle array data types for posted messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1999-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0191 The Web Worker functionality in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly handle array data types for posted messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-895-1 Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner 1.9 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-896-1 Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:37 AM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 22, 2010, 1:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:15 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Feb 17, 2010, 12:00 AM