Actively exploited · Published Oct 27, 2010 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2010-3765
Critical 9.8 Exploited
In plain English
A critical-severity memory corruption in Multiple Products from Mozilla. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on October 6, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 83.2% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Oct 27, 2025.
Official description
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.0.10, when JavaScript is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to nsCSSFrameConstructor::ContentAppended, the appendChild method, incorrect index tracking, and the creation of multiple frames, which triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2010 by the Belmoo malware.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- 44425 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- RHSA-2010:0812 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607222#c53 x_refsource_MISC
- ADV-2010-2837 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646997 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114335 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 41965 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- 41975 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- RHSA-2010:0896 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2010:0808 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- 15341 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- 1024651 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- 41761 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607222 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2010-17105 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- http://norman.com/about_norman/press_center/news_archive/2010/129223/en?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter x_refsource_MISC
- 41969 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- USN-1011-3 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.norman.com/about_norman/press_center/news_archive/2010/129223/ x_refsource_MISC
- USN-1011-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- 1024650 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- USN-1011-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- RHSA-2010:0809 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- MDVSA-2010:219 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
- 42867 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/10/26/critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-3-5-and-firefox-3-6/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ADV-2010-2857 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
- ADV-2011-0061 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114329 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- DSA-2124 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- 1024645 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- 42043 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.norman.com/security_center/virus_description_archive/129146/ x_refsource_MISC
- 41966 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- MDVSA-2010:213 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
- 42008 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- FEDORA-2010-16883 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- SSA:2010-305-01 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE
- ADV-2010-2871 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN