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CVE-2010-3166

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3166 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText function affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat profile.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0556 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.9-1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.9-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: nspr-0:4.8.6-1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: nss-0:3.12.7-1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.9-2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nspr-0:4.8.6-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nss-0:3.12.7-2.el5
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3166Critical

nsTextFrameUtils:: TransformText (MFSA 2010-53)

Sep 7, 2010

References

blogs.sun.com / security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047282.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/42867
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12186
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100112690
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-53.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/43102
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2323
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0061