CVE-2010-4508
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
The WebSockets implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4 through 4.0 Beta 7 does not properly perform proxy upgrade negotiation, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "inherent problem" with the WebSocket specification.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | 4.0 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/69758
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12251
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/2010-12-07
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/69758
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12251
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/2010-12-07
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.