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CVE-2010-3769 Detail

Description

The line-breaking implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, Thunderbird before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11 on Windows does not properly handle long strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.write call that triggers a buffer over-read.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052502.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052504.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2132
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:258
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-75.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45345
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024846
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024848
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608336
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12342

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3769
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2010
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2017
Source:
MITRE