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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-0179 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used, does not properly handle interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/3924 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42818 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023783 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650 CVE, MITRE
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:251 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-21.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39124 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0030 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504021 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57394 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6971 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9446 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0179
NVD Published Date:
04/05/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE