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CVE-2010-3167

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3167 describes a critical dangling pointer vulnerability in the nsTreeContentView function affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 3.5.12/3.6.9, 3.0.7/3.1.3, and 2.0.7 respectively. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating XUL trees to access deleted memory. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
6.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0653 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 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 (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-8.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.60.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-63.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.9-1.el4
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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 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-30.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.6.9-2.el5
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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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.2.9-1.el5
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3167Critical

Mozilla Dangling pointer vulnerability in nsTreeContentView (MFSA 2010-56)

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
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/61661
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12136
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100110210
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100112690
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2106
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-56.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/43097
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2323
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0061
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-10-171