CVE-2010-1990

firefox/seamonkey: mail application launch when IFRAME element has a mailto: URI in its SRC attribute

Published May 20, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x, 3.5.x, 3.0.19, and earlier, and SeaMonkey, executes a mail application in situations where an IFRAME element has a mailto: URL in its SRC attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many IFRAME elements.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2009 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x, 3.5.x, 3.0.19, and earlier, and SeaMonkey, executes a mail application in situations where an IFRAME element has a mailto: URL in its SRC attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many IFRAME elements.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:17 AM
Reserved
May 20, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 20, 2010, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:19 PM
Severity
Public date
May 18, 2010, 12:00 AM