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CVE-2010-0159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0159 is a critical vulnerability affecting the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service through memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, < 3.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.5, < 3.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0479 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.50.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.18-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-52.el4_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0159Critical

Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2010-01)

Feb 17, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036097.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036132.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37242
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38770
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38772
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38847
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/56359
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8485
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9590
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1999
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-01.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0113.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-895-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-896-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0405
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0650
Third Party Advisory