CVE-2010-0168 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 prior to version 3.6.2, specifically within the image-preloading implementation. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass scheme and policy restrictions on image URLs, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash or hang) or hijacking browser add-on functionality. With a CVSS score of 7.6 (High), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or community discussion, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.