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CVE-2010-0160

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0160 describes a heap memory corruption vulnerability in the Web Worker functionality of Mozilla Firefox versions 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors by improperly handling array data types in posted messages. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0601 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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 (4)

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 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
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0160Critical

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

Feb 17, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/37242
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38847
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/56360
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11166
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8465
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1999
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-02.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/510533/100/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-895-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-896-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0405
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-10-046