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CVE-2010-0162

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0162 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting 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 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by embedding a specially crafted SVG document, which fails to properly interpret the application/octet-stream content type as a protective measure. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0296 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-2010-0162Moderate

Mozilla bypass of same-origin policy due to improper SVG document processing (MFSA 2010-05)

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
secunia.com / advisories/37242
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38847
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/56363
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10697
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8631
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1999
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-05.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-895-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-896-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0405
Vendor Advisory